POPE COUNTY, Ark. – A cave rescue in Pope County took seven hours to complete.
It happened on the Pedestal Rock trail by Arch Loop at the far northern corner of Pope County. Brenda Eckhardt made one wrong step on uneven ground, and her son called 911.
“As soon as I fell, my leg was at a very wrong angle. We knew it was bad,” Eckhardt said.
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Blown-out tendons and severe sprains ended Brenda Eckhardt and her son’s hiking trip, but it was far from the end of their day or the day of the Pope County Emergency Medical Service…