Rangers and rescuers from tri-lakes fire departments responded to a call for help from an elderly hiker.
A 92-year-old from Saranac Lake fell down an embankment while hiking in the high peaks and was unable to walk. Two Forest Rangers and fire departments from Paul Smiths/Gabriels, and Saranac Lake responded to the call from Ray Brook Dispatch. The rangers and rescuers reached the subject and assisted them down to the Black Pond trailhead where Saranac Lake Rescue then transported the hiker to the hospital.
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