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  • Rangers Return To Copter On Rainier

    06/28/2002 6:48:55 AM PDT · by TADSLOS · 5 replies · 134+ views
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | June 27, 2002 | By The Associated Press
    Pilot lost control, says rescue team member who was on the craft ASHFORD -- Army Rangers returned yesterday to where their rescue helicopter crashed the day before on Mount Rainier, flying in to retrieve climbing gear they left behind while rescuing an injured climber. Neither the pilot nor two rescuers onboard the Bell Jet Ranger helicopter were hurt when it went down late Tuesday afternoon at the 8,800-foot level of the 14,411-foot peak. They were assisting in an effort to rescue climber Jesse Whitcomb, 19, who suffered a head injury earlier in the day. "I knew the pilot had lost...