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Rescuer dies trying to save Washington state hiker: report
By Unknown 15:44
(Reuters) - A 61-year-old volunteer search and rescue worker fell to his death in Washington state after endeavoring to preserve a hiker who had earlier plunged about 100 feet at a waterfall in mountains north of Seattle, local media verbally expressed on Sunday.
The 25-year-old hiker withal died in the incident at Pilchuck Falls tardy Saturday, while a second hiker who got into trouble while endeavoring to rescue his friend was able to be preserved, Skagit County ascendant entities told broadcaster KOMO-TV.
The pair ostensibly got disunited from a more astronomically immense group near Lake Cavanaugh, about 35 miles (56 km) north of Seattle. A Skagit County Search and Rescue team, including the volunteer who died, was training nearby and went to avail them.
Representatives of the Skagit County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The dead men have not yet been denominated, KOMO-TV verbalized.
The Skagit County Search and Rescue team verbally expresses on its Facebook page that it is a volunteer unit that has been preserving lives for more than 35 years. A spokeswoman for the team referred questions to the sheriff's office.
(Reporting by Daniel Wallis; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Diane Craft)
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