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No survivors in Chugach State Park aircraft crash
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2 die in small plane crash in Alaska state park
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Alaska Air National Guard rescues two stranded hikers on Rainbow Peak Jay Luzardo © Provided by Anchorage KTUU-TV An HH-60 Pave Hawk on a training mission. (Alaska Air National Guard)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Air National Guard rescued two hikers early Saturday morning who were stranded on Rainbow Peak trail for several hours Friday due to one sustaining an injury.
Both hikers were hoisted to safety by helicopter and sent to the Providence Medical Center before 1:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a National Guard press release.
On Friday morning, the two hikers undertook the 5.8-mile moderately trafficked hike in the southwestern region of Chugach State Park. During the trek, one of them was injured, stranding them on the trail into the night as cold temperatures overtook them.
Sarah Moughamian was one of four skiers killed in Saturday s Mill Creek avalanche in Utah.(Facebook)
Army Ranger Matthew Nyman survived a helicopter crash in Iraq that crushed his foot but he learned to climb again, most recently on Alaska s Bear Mountain.
Mr Jessen, Ms Moughamian and Mr Nyman are just three of the 14 people who ve died in avalanches since February 1.
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The bodies of three skiers have been found.(Office of Emergency Management, San Juan County)
It s the highest number of avalanche deaths recorded in a seven-day period since the US Forest Service s National Avalanche Centre started tracking deaths, according to Karl Birkeland, the centre s director.
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