Rescue workers save injured hiker stranded atop mountain
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First responders performed a daring rescue of a woman who was stranded on a mountain over 9,100 feet in the air.
Police in New Mexico performed a daring rescue to save an injured hiker who was stuck 9,100 feet in the air.
The New Mexico State police said the unidentified 50-year-old woman was stranded in the LaDrones Mountains in Socorro County on Jan. 22.
Officers and paramedics attended to the hiker and a helicopter was called in to assist, police said.
A hoist team lowered a specialist down to the hiker and brought her back to the vehicle. She was airlifted to a local hospital, police said.
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