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Rescue — Mt. Cube, Jul 5, 2012

·Mount Cube·Appalachian Trail

47-year-old female hiker from Hanover, NH

On July 5, 2012, Christina Brownell, 47, slipped and fell on a rock approximately half a mile from the summit of Mt. Cube while hiking the Appalachian Trail with her family, sustaining injuries that left her unable to walk. Her husband called 911 via cell phone. Conservation Officers, Upper Valley Search and Rescue volunteers, and Orford Police and Fire members carried her two miles down steep, rocky trail to a waiting ambulance.

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