CO Firefighters Make 'Tricky' Rescue at Pikes Peak
By Jessica Van Dyne
Source The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) (TNS)
Feb. 20—Emergency responders battled blowing snow and wind Sunday afternoon while rescuing a person from the 14,115-foot summit of Pikes Peak.
Green Mountain Falls/Chipita Park Fire Department, which was among the agencies to respond to the incident, posted a Facebook video detailing the conditions that made the rescue "tricky."
The nature of the emergency was unspecified, but a person was transported safely from the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center to a hospital.
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