North Carolina
Hiker rescued from Appalachian Trail in North Carolina
GRAHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) — A hiker on the Appalachian Path was rescued Friday morning after a medical emergency Friday within the Nice Smoky Mountains Nationwide Park.
Based on park rangers, the 74-year-old hiker from Alabama was skilled extreme chest pains simply earlier than 10:30 a.m. whereas strolling the path north of Fontana Lake.
The North Carolina Helo-Aquatic Rescue Crew, together with the Nationwide Park Service, Graham County EMS, Swain County Search and Rescue and the North Carolina Forest Service responded to conduct the rescue operation.
The hiker was carried by rescuers to a location the place he may very well be taken out by helicopter. He was flown to Mission Hospital in Asheville for remedy.