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Published August 06, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Rope rescue training on Blatnik Bridge, Aug. 5, 2012


St. Louis County Rescue Squad member Joe Vidmar (lower right) tends to simulated patient Aaron Albertson (in litter) as other rescue squad members bring them to the top of the Blatnik Bridge during high-level rope rescue training on Sunday. Thanks to road construction closing the northbound lanes of the bridge, the rescue squad was able to practice on the span. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)

  • St. Louis County Rescue Squad member Joe Vidmar (lower right) tends to simulated patient Aaron Albertson (in litter) as other rescue squad members bring them to the top of the Blatnik Bridge during high-level rope rescue training on Sunday. Thanks to road construction closing the northbound lanes of the bridge, the rescue squad was able to practice on the span. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • St. Louis County Rescue Squad member Nick Fleming (left) secures Jim Herman in a rescue basket during a practice rescue below the Blatnik Bridge on Sunday. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com
  • Sunday’s high-level rope rescue training from atop the Blatnik Bridge attracted the attention of passing boaters. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office Volunteer Rescue Squad member Nick Fleming gives a thumbs-up sign as other squad members prepare to lower him from the Blatnik Bridge on Sunday to perform a practice rescue. Sunday was the last day of seven days of training in high-angle rescues. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • The St. Louis County Rescue Squad conducts high-level rope rescue training from atop the Blatnik Bridge on Aug. 5, 2012. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • The St. Louis County Rescue Squad conducts high-level rope rescue training from atop the Blatnik Bridge on Aug. 5, 2012. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • The St. Louis County Rescue Squad conducts high-level rope rescue training from atop the Blatnik Bridge on Aug. 5, 2012. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Joe Vidmar (right) and Steve Malzacher of the St. Louis County Rescue Squad conduct high-level rope rescue training from atop the Blatnik Bridge as the freighter Mesabi Miner passes beneath on Aug. 5, 2012. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • Joe Vidmar (right) of the St. Louis County Rescue Squad conducts high-level rope rescue training with Aaron Albertson in the litter, suspended from atop the Blatnik Bridge on Aug. 5, 2012. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • The St. Louis County Rescue Squad conducts high-level rope rescue training from atop the Blatnik Bridge on Aug. 5, 2012. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • St. Louis County Rescue Squad member Nick Fleming (left) returns to the top of the Blatnik Bridge with simulated victim Jim Herman in a rescue litter during a practice rescue below the bridge on Sunday. Joe Vidmar of the Rescue Squad is at left. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)
  • The St. Louis County Rescue Squad conducts high-level rope rescue training from atop the Blatnik Bridge on Aug. 5, 2012. (Andrew Krueger / akrueger@duluthnews.com)