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Man Dies Trying to Rescue Mom, Child From NH River

They made it out, but Vincent Parr did not

(Newser) - A Massachusetts man died over the weekend while rescuing relatives from a New Hampshire river in the second such death in the state less than a week, officials said. A mother and a child became stuck around midday Sunday in a fast stretch of the Swift River in Albany, New...

Missing Hiker Found Dead in New Hampshire

Emily Sotelo's body was found on what would have been her 20th birthday

(Newser) - The search for a missing hiker in New Hampshire's White Mountains came to a tragic end Wednesday when Emily Sotelo was found dead on what would have been her 20th birthday. The body of the Vanderbilt University student was found on the northwest side of Mount Lafayette, the New...

'Will Die,' Read Hiker's Last Text
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'Will Die' Among Hiker's Last Texts

Rescue atop New Hampshire's Mount Washington couldn't save hypothermic Xi Chen

(Newser) - "In trouble… can't move … will die." So read the last texts from a father of three who succumbed to severe hypothermia while hiking on New Hampshire's Mount Washington over Father's Day weekend. Xi Chen, 53, of Andover, Mass., was attempting the 23-mile Presidential Traverse,...

Hiker in NH Dies in 100mph Winds, Subzero Temps

NYC's Kate Matrosova found dead of exposure

(Newser) - When Kate Matrosova's husband dropped her off at the base of New Hampshire's Mount Adams before dawn Sunday, he arranged to pick her up in a different part of the White Mountains, after she had traversed several summits, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports. But the 32-year-old credit...

Rescuers Abandon Hope for Man Trapped in Crevasse

Norman Priebatsch slips from icy trail on White Mountains

(Newser) - Rescuers have called off a dangerous mission to save a 67-year-old Boston entrepreneur who slipped from an icy trail into a White Mountain crevasse while hiking with his son in New Hampshire. A snow ranger was lowered 50 feet into the chasm, but couldn't get any further into the...

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