A Department of Environmental (DEC) forest ranger met the group of hikers on the mountain top and requested New York State Police (NYSP) Aviation for a hoist rescue. The helicopter launched from ...

The Ontario County Sheriff’s Department, and other law enforcement agencies, also joined the search by foot, boat ... helicopter inserted a ranger for a hoist rescue at an elevation of 4,600 ...

An injured hiker was hoisted off Flattop Mountain on Tuesday morning after taking a 65-foot fall down steep terrain ... That helicopter landed on top of the mountain, and the crew made its ...