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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 8, 2009
CONTACT:
Capt Elena O'Bryan
(720) 250-1050
Tech. Sgt. Cheresa D. Theiral
(303) 549-425
SAGUACHE COUNTY, Colo. - The Colorado National Guard was called to assist in
the rescue of an injured hiker at 10:50 p.m. yesterday in the Sangre De
Cristo mountain range in south central Colorado.
Two hikers had spotted a solo male hiker who had fallen about 1500 feet down
a slope and came to rest at approximately 12,600 feet on a 75-degree slope on
the side of Challenger Point.
The hikers then notified authorities.
Seven Colorado Army National Guard Citizen Soldiers in a CH-47 Chinook
helicopter, assigned to the Army Aviation Support Facility at Buckley...
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Yip! yip! yip!
But then what?
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