Debate Over Rescue Costs

· Apr. 5, 2010, 4:00 pm

Should people rescued in the mountains have to pay for it?Dan Meyers speaks with Sabrina D'Agosta, spokeswoman for the Golden Fire Department and with Joe Ben Slivka, Vice President of the Colorado Search and Rescue Board.Golden's Fire Department recently sent a $5,000 bill to a hiker rescued from Clear Creek Canyon.

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