By Minyvonne Burke, Dennis Romero, Phil Helsel - NBC News
A Massachusetts woman who went missing last week was found alive by hikers after being trapped for several days in mud at Borderland State Park, the Stoughton Police Department said Monday.
Emma Tetewsky, 31, was located Monday night after hikers called 911 to report hearing a woman screaming for help in a swampy area.
Authorities believe Tetewsky, who was reported missing on June 26, had been trapped in the swamp for at least three days.
Police said the hikers were unable to reach Tetewsky and alerted Easton police. Agents used all-terrain vehicles to reach and rescue her.
Emma Tetewsky. Stoughton Police Department
Easton Police Chief Keith Boone praised the department's officers "who jumped blindly into the water and followed the woman's calls for help."
"His immediate action saved Emma Tetewsky," Boone said.
Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara said the rescue was the "best possible outcome."
Tetewsky was taken to hospital with serious injuries but is expected to recover.
Latino hiker dies in Oregon
A 41-year-old man hiking a popular waterfall in Oregon died over the weekend when he tripped and fell 200 feet off a cliff, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Monday.
The hiker, identified as Gerardo Hernandez Rodriguez, was discovered dead at the base after rescuers responded to reports of his fall at Multnomah Falls on Saturday afternoon. "Hernandez fell about 200 feet," the Sheriff's Office said. "It is believed that impairment from alcohol was likely a contributing factor to the fall," he added.
Local broadcaster KGW reported that he was the father of five children.
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Hernandez Rodriguez was on a trail near Benson Bridge when he fell, said the Sheriff's Office, which described the terrain as "inaccessible" and "steep."
A sheriff's deputy found the body next to the historic Columbia River Highway, just below his fall.
The 620-foot-tall Multnomah Falls, 30 miles east of Portland, is part of the Columbia River Gorge. It stands out as the most visited natural recreation place in the Pacific Northwest, according to the Forest Service.
The Sheriff's Office urged visitors to take the area's trails seriously by preparing for rough terrain and studying a map ahead of time. "
It's not a paved walk," Officer John Plock told the station, "it's a hiking trail, so we encourage people to come prepared for a real hike."
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Hiker dies at Grand Canyon
A 57-year-old woman died Sunday on an eight-mile hike through Grand Canyon National Park when temperatures exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the National Park Service said in a statement.
The rangers received a call about a hiker in distress at 6:30 p.m., and when they found her in a remote area of the park at one a.m. she was dead.
The woman was hiking in the Tuweep area of Arizona, a remote region. The heat was well over 100 degrees on Sunday. The cause of death is being investigated, but the park warned Monday of the dangers of extreme heat.
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A large part of the Southwest, including the Grand Canyon area, was under an excessive heat advisory Monday. The temperature at Phantom Ranch was 114 degrees, the National Weather Service said.
The Grand Canyon is under an excessive heat warning until eight o'clock Wednesday afternoon. According to the weather service, heat advisories were issued Monday for parts of southwestern California, southern Nevada and Arizona.
Heat can be deadly on hikes, and heat-related conditions are the most common cause of weather-related death in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency and others warn. An average of 702 people die each year from heat-related illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A 14-year-old boy and his stepfather died last month while hiking in Big Bend National Park in Texas, a day when temperatures were 119 degrees. The boy became ill and his stepfather died after crashing his car trying to get help, park officials said.