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Rescue effort under way on Mount Rainier

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. -- A helicopter from the Oregon National Guard headed toward Mount Rainier on Thursday to try to rescue two climbers stranded by injuries at 11,300 feet.

Both are firefighters and trained as emergency medical technicians, said Mount Rainier National Park spokeswoman Patti Wold. At least one of the men was injured, she said, but rangers did not know the nature of his injuries or the status of the other.

She declined to say what fire department they worked in or release their identities, pending notification of their families.

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