Who: A 17-year-old female and 20-year-old male
Where: Appalachian Trail the towns of Beekman and Pawling, CT
Their mistake: They got lost in the dark
What happened: Two young hikers were on the Appalachian Trail and took the wrong trail at dusk. When they realized they were on the wrong trail, they used a cell phone to call 911. Unfortunately they were unable to give rescuers a description of the area.
Two search teams used a K-9 team, night vision and thermal imaging cameras to look for the lost hikers. They were eventually located about 1 ½ miles from a highway. They were uninjured.
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