ALBUQUERQUE RESPONDERS PERFORM TWO RESCUES INVOLVING THREE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED HEALTH PROBLEMS WHILE HIKING IN THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS. APD SERGEANT FERRIS SIMMONS SAYS OFFICERS AND BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE PERSONNEL LOCATED AND WALKED OUT A MAN SUFFERING FROM SEVERE ALTITUDE SICKNESS ON MONDAY.
SIMMONS SAYS ANOTHER MAN WHO FOUND THE MAN CALLED POLICE. SHE SAYS AS THE HIKER WAS BEING ESCORTED DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, ANOTHER CALL CAME IN ABOUT A COUPLE WHO SUFFERED FROM DEHYDRATION AND ALTITUDE PROBLEMS IN THE SANDIAS. THEY WERE ALSO LOCATED AND ESCORTED OFF THE MOUNTAIN.
