On Sunday, August 21, I fell on the Blackwater Pond trail and broke my shoulder. My husband Andy Kemper and I are very grateful to the West Tisbury police, the Tri-Town EMTs and team, and the Island first responders of whom many were West Tisbury firefighters, (not to mention the Tisbury “mule” which is a kind of stretcher wheelbarrow I think) who transported me one-plus miles and over the Duarte Pond Bridge to get me to the hospital, where I received excellent care.

Everyone was kind and professional, not to mention athletic as it wasn’t an easy carry! We hope to become Island year-rounders soon and will be proud to continue to contribute to such a caring and effective community.

Catherine Wheeler
Vineyard Haven