Dozens of Stranded Arizona Hikers Rescued
Teams on the ground and in the air rescued dozens of hikers who were stranded in an Arizona canyon after heavy rains flooded trails, authorities said.
Forty to 50 adults and children were stranded Saturday along various sections of Bear Canyon northeast of Tucson as the waters rushed down mountainsides, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said.
A series of 911 calls from hikers sparked a rescue operation involving teams on the ground and in a helicopter,
The first group of hikers was led out of the canyon in the Catalina Mountains in the late afternoon and the last group well after dark, deputy Tom Peine told the Arizona Daily Star.
Some of the hikers said they were stranded when a river swelled to a raging torrent in a matter of minutes.