22-year-old rescued from mountain hike in Maine park in 2-day ordeal
A 22-year-old Stueben woman is in the hospital today after being rescued by a multi-agency unit that took two days to to get her down from Hamlin Peak in Baxter state park where she fell and broke her leg.
Ashley Dewitt and first responders camped out over night under heavy rain storms in tents the rescuers brought up with them after getting the call on Friday. When the rest of the rescue team arrived Saturday morning under still rainy conditions, they carefully carried her down the trail to Chimney Pond Ranger Station by nightfall where she spent a night in a real bed.
Sunday morning at 8:30 a helicopter from the from the 126th Army National Guard Medivac unit airlifted her to Millinocket Regional hospital.
The agencies involved in the difficult but successful two-day rescue were rangers from Baxter, workers from Acadia National park, the Maine Forest Service, the State Fisheries and Wildlife Department and volunteers.
source: WABI TV5
