(Updated details from Facebook, GoFund Me, and previous reports by KIBS/KBOV News)
The brother of rescued hiker Emily Henkel posted on Facebook a GoFundMe page has been set up on behalf of the couple and the families.
Henkle’s boyfriend, Alexander Lofgren, both of Tucson, succumbed to his injuries before he could be rescued by Inyo County Search and Rescue on Friday. This after Thursday’s aerial rescuers were unable to repel close enough to the couple to assist, Henkle suffered a severe foot injury.
After the couple didn’t return on their planned date, Inyo County Sheriff’s Office organized a multi-day search by numerous agencies, both by air and on the ground, checking every pull out along Hwy. 190 – their planned route,