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Salt Lake City First Responders Rescue Hiker
February 26, 2014 | UTAH
BECKY ROBINETTE WRIGHT, Senior Correspondent
Salt Lake City Fire and EMS personnel rescued a stranded hiker on Feb. 23.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH- A hiker who found himself injured and in trouble was rescued on Feb. 23 shortly after noon.
The hiker was located on a rocky and steep trail behind the Natural History Museum of Utah.
The hiker who officials said was in his early twenties, suffered scrapes and hypothermia.
Crews placed the patient in a basket secured with lines and walked him up the trail, then transported him to a local hospital.
BECKY ROBINETTE WRIGHTSenior Correspondent
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