O caminhante George O'Connor, de 76 anos, cai 8 pés em Little Bigelow Mountain, levado para tratamento de lesão espinhal. 76-year-old hiker George O'Connor falls 8 ft on Little Bigelow Mountain, airlifted for spinal injury treatment.

George O'Connor, um caminhante de 76 anos da Geórgia, ficou gravemente ferido depois de cair 8 pés em Little Bigelow Mountain enquanto caminhava pela Appalachian Trail. George O'Connor, a 76-year-old hiker from Georgia, was seriously injured after falling 8 feet on Little Bigelow Mountain while hiking the Appalachian Trail. Um socorrista caminhou 4 milhas para alcançá-lo, e devido à localização remota, ele foi transportado por um helicóptero do Serviço Florestal do Maine. A first responder hiked 4 miles to reach him, and due to the remote location, he was airlifted by a Maine Forest Service helicopter. O'Connor foi levado para o Aeroporto de Carrabassett Valley e depois transferido para o Centro Médico Northern Light Eastern Maine para tratamento de lesões na coluna vertebral; sua condição permanece desconhecida. O'Connor was taken to Carrabassett Valley Airport and then transferred to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center for treatment of spinal injuries; his condition remains unknown.