Isle Royale rescue: 70-year-old hiker saved after weeklong ordeal on Lake Superior island

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Isle Royale rescue: 70-year-old hiker saved after weeklong ordeal on Lake Superior island
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A 70-year-old hiker, Craig Berg, disappeared Sept. 5 on Isle Royale, a remote island in Lake Superior, and was found nearly a week later injured and hypothermic. A multi-agency search involving good-Samaritan backpackers, Michigan State Police, and K-9 units led to his rescue by a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, after which he was transported to a hospital.

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