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Thermal identification equipment captures the rescue for two hikers missing since Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in the Shinning Rock Wilderness Area. They were rescued Saturday evening by the North Carolina Helicopter and Aquatic Rescue Team (NCHART). “It was extremely cold out and pitch black,” said Arndt. “We all were very anxious to find these guys and get them out of danger. We searched the area the Highway Patrol crew gave us for about 20 minutes, then at 7,500 feet and about two miles away using our thermal identification equipment we spotted a flickering light, like a strobe. When we zoomed in on to that light, we discovered that it wasn’t a strobe. It was a faint Bic lighter flame from the lost hikers”
The hikers desperately trying to signal the helicopters were relocated and the NC Guard UH-60 Blackhawk and rescue technicians swooped in and hoisted the hikers out of the forest to waiting ambulances at the Asheville airport. (Composite photo by, Staff Sgt. Brendan Stephens, NCNG Public Affairs/Released)
| Date Taken: | 01.11.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 01.11.2017 13:53 |
| Photo ID: | 3094145 |
| VIRIN: | 170111-A-AS768-674 |
| Resolution: | 523x844 |
| Size: | 54 KB |
| Location: | RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 130 |
| Downloads: | 9 |
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HIKERS MISSING FOR TWO DAYS: RESCUED BY NCHART - NC GUARD HELICOPTER CREWS
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