Ordeal on Killington Peak

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Pilots Gerard Healy and Mark Molz's Piper Arrow plane crashed due to ice formations on the plane. They spent almost a day in the freezing thick woods until skiers Fred Mallett and Scott Freundlich chanced upon Healy's faint cries for help. They were rescued a few hours later and brought to hospital.

Author: Vara, Jon
Personal narratives, Flight

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Ordeal on Mount Foraker

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Coombs descended Mount Foraker alone after his companions were killed in an avalanche. His experience, which is considered one of the great feats of mountaineering survival, has served as a lesson to the dangers of mountain climbing.

Author: Potterfield, Peter
Biography, Mountaineers, Coombs, Colby

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Ordeal in the Devils Punch Bowl

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Amanda Milligan and Brian Charles were rescued from a hiking accident in the Devils Punch Bowl in the Cleveland National Forest. The two sustained multiple injuries in a fall but were courageous enough to survive the incident.

Author: Vigor, June
Reports, Behavior, California, Falls (Accidents), Accidental falls, Cleveland National Forest, California, Milligan, Amanda, Charles, Brian

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Subjects list: Accidents
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