A helicopter crew finds a hiker after seven days in flooded country
Floodwater took his supplies near Sheeps Bridge. He got one message out before his phone died, and a Yavapai County crew found him exhausted and in good health.
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A hiker spent seven days in the country near Sheeps Bridge, off Bloody Basin Road, after floodwater took his supplies while he crossed creeks, Arizona's Family reported. He got one message out. Then his phone died, and the search had to work from that last point.
A Yavapai County sheriff's helicopter found him early Saturday. He was exhausted and scratched and at the end of what his body could do, and he was in good health. The crew lifted him out of the flooded ground he had been walking since the creeks rose.
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A hiker spent seven days near Sheeps Bridge in Yavapai County, Arizona, after floodwater swept away his supplies while he crossed creeks off Bloody Basin Road. He sent one message before his phone died. Early Saturday a Yavapai County sheriff's helicopter found him. He was exhausted and scratched, and he had reached his limit, but he was in good health. The crew brought him out.
- Why did one text message matter so much?
- What should a hiker do when a creek is running higher than expected?
- How did a helicopter change this search?
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