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  • Police Who Rescued Men Bill Them 'For Being Ignorant'

    03/07/2005 12:30:03 PM PST · by Ramonan · 77 replies · 2,121+ views
    NBC 39 News web site ^ | March 4, 2005 | NBC39-San Diego
    MONTPELIER, Vt -- Four Pennsylvania men who were lost in the woods for 30 hours in December after going out of bounds at Killington Resort were sent bills Thursday for the cost of their rescue by state police. Each of the men was assessed $4,177.87 to cover the cost of the rescue, said Lt. Donald Patch, whose barracks was in charge of the search Dec. 20, a night when temperatures plummeted to between 20 and 25 below zero. "Let's face the facts: Some people get lost accidentally, things happen, they make a mistake and that's one thing," Patch said. "When...