Fairchild Airmen rescue hikers
June 30th, 2009
The 58-year-old man and his son were hiking around 3 p.m. when the older man stumbled down a mountain in an avalanche caused by rain, warming temperatures and unstable hiking conditions.
Two hikers from Fort Lewis, Wash., observed the whole event from an opposite mountain and rushed to the man's aid as his son also scrambled down the mountain.
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