Two hikers had to be rescued after being struck by lightning near the top of a mountain in Arizona. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office said it received a distress call from two men who said they were hit by a bolt while taking photos near the summit of Humphreys Peak, the highest mountain in the Grand Canyon state. Amazingly, the two men, one from Flagstaff and the other from Canada, did not know each other before the incident, Fox Weather reported. While search-and-rescue teams were dispatched immediately, aircraft support was unable to assist due to the dangerous weather, including hail and heavy rain. Rescue teams found the first victim, who was able to descend some way down the mountain to try and get help. “He reported that the other injured hiker had been unable to continue and had stopped near the saddle between Humphreys and Agassiz Peaks, roughly 0.7 miles farther up the trail at 11,800 feet,” the sheriff’s office said. The second hiker was later found, but he was too injured to make it down by himself, so first responders had to use a litter to carry him out. Both men were then transported to a nearby medical center for treatment.
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