Dawn Mine Trail rescue
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:26 pm
Three hikers rescued in Angeles National Forest
5:33 PM | July 4, 2009
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s helicopter emergency crew combed a heavily forested area of the Angeles National Forest for hours in search of three stranded hikers before locating and rescuing them this afternoon, a deputy reported.
A man and two women, all in their 20s, had been hiking for four hours along the Dawn Mine Trail when they became disoriented and lost, said Deputy Rick Pedroza. Suffering from symptoms of dehydration, the "three hikers became frightened and began yelling for someone to save them,” and eventually used a cellphone to call for rescue, the deputy said.
A helicopter was dispatched to find the distressed hikers in a search that proved “extremely challenging” because of the dense forestation in the area where they had become stranded on a sheer cliff under a canopy of trees.
A paramedic was lowered from the aircraft to the hikers’ perch 100 feet above the canyon floor and helped them into the helicopter for the brief flight to a landing zone.
None of the hikers, who weren’t identified, suffered any serious injury and all were released shortly after the landing, Pedroza said.
-- Carol J. Williams
5:33 PM | July 4, 2009
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s helicopter emergency crew combed a heavily forested area of the Angeles National Forest for hours in search of three stranded hikers before locating and rescuing them this afternoon, a deputy reported.
A man and two women, all in their 20s, had been hiking for four hours along the Dawn Mine Trail when they became disoriented and lost, said Deputy Rick Pedroza. Suffering from symptoms of dehydration, the "three hikers became frightened and began yelling for someone to save them,” and eventually used a cellphone to call for rescue, the deputy said.
A helicopter was dispatched to find the distressed hikers in a search that proved “extremely challenging” because of the dense forestation in the area where they had become stranded on a sheer cliff under a canopy of trees.
A paramedic was lowered from the aircraft to the hikers’ perch 100 feet above the canyon floor and helped them into the helicopter for the brief flight to a landing zone.
None of the hikers, who weren’t identified, suffered any serious injury and all were released shortly after the landing, Pedroza said.
-- Carol J. Williams
