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TODAY show VIDEO STORY and INTERVIEW with an autistic hiker's family and the SAR volunteer who found him
(You'll have to suffer through the commercial to watch the 5-minute story, but it's worth the wait. Right-click to enter the full video screen.)
RESCUE ON EL CAPITAN A drunk climber has fallen and is only being held by the rope around his leg. Part I
Rescue by YOSAR See Part II below.
RESCUE ON EL CAPITAN Part II
Rescue by YOSAR
WASDALE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM The SAR team was paged by police at 4 a.m. to rescue three young men lost on the north slopes of Scafell Pike.
MOUNT BALDY RESCUE 6-21-08
"A 58 year old man suffered a heart attack while hiking the Ski Hut trail on Mt. Baldy. He lost consciousness and fell approximately 50 feet into the stream bed below the trail. This happened right in front of the Sierra Club Ski Hut, and several of the members inside the hut, as well as other nearby hikers, responded to the victim, helping stabilize him until he was airlifted out. The San Bernardino County Sheriff Rescue team deserves credit for giving this man a chance for the best possible outcome."
COAST GUARD RESCUES HIKER After Fall Down Steep Terrain
SEATTLE - A 54-year-old hiker who fell 200 feet on Brothers Mountain in Olympic National Park is medically evacuated by the Coast Guard with an HH-65 Bravo helicopter.
NORTH VANCOUVER SEARCH & RESCUE FINDS LOST HIKER ON MOUNT SEYMOUR JUNE, 1997
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