[at-l] hikers saved

[Tom McGinnis]

Boy, I hope they got charged a bundle...

--- On Tue, 8/25/09, rcli4 at comcast.net <rcli4 at comcast.net> wrote:

> ANCHORAGE, Alaska
> — Two hikers have been rescued in the Alaska
> wilderness after visiting the bus made famous in the Sean
> Penn-directed movie "Into the Wild."
> Troopers said the two were not prepared for an extended
> hike, with only street clothes and a little food.
> The "magic bus" gained fame after a young
> adventurer Christopher McCandless hiked out to it and died
> in an adventure chronicled in "Into the Wild."
> The hikers were identified as 19-year-old Donald Carroll
> from Illinois and 21-year-old Jia Long He from China.
> The Anchorage Daily News reports they were cold and wet
> after being rescued by helicopter Monday, but OK.