CANYON RESCUE STRANDED HIKERS FOUND SAFE.Byline: Daily News ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - Three hikers were rescued by a fire department helicopter Saturday night after they became lost in the rugged canyons southeast of Devil's Punchbowl Punchbowl, hill, 500 ft (152 m) high, in the city of Honolulu, SE Oahu island, Hawaii. In the bowllike extinct volcanic crater at the summit (reached by a scenic drive) is the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, for those killed in World War II. County Park. The men, ages 40, 46 and 50, and from Los Angeles and Orange County, were found after they were able to reach a spot with cell-phone reception and called the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. . ``They ended up off the trail, and they thought they could take a shortcut (1) In Windows, a shortcut is an icon that points to a program or data file. Shortcuts can be placed on the desktop or stored in other folders, and double clicking a shortcut is the same as double clicking the original file. back to the Punchbowl parking lot,'' Firefighter John Doyle said. The men were thirsty but in good shape when they were found, officials said. A Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La helicopter with an infrared scope spotted the men, who had started a small fire, several miles from the parking lot. The helicopter was able to hover with one skid on a hilltop to let the men get on. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Three men rescued from the Devil's Punchbowl on Saturday night discuss their ordeal with firefighters. Paul Weatherman/Special to the Daily News |
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