PHOENIX (AP) – An injured hiker was rescued from a Phoenix Mountain after being unable to call for help for about 24 hours, authorities said.
The 34-year-old man, whose name is unknown, had to stay on the mountain overnight on Wednesday.
The man was hiking the Shaw Butte Trail and was about three-quarters of the way up the mountain when he sustained a lower leg injury.
The hiker said he was too injured to leave the area and had not been able to call for help since Wednesday noon.
He was discovered by a Phoenix police helicopter Thursday morning.
Rescue workers lifted him off the mountain because of the steep terrain and took him to a nearby hospital.
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