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The U.S. Forest Service sent a seaplane into
the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to rescue a camper who
accidentally struck himself in the leg with a hatchet.


      The Mesabi Daily News reports that Daniel Stermac-Stein of the
Minnesota town of Finland was camping just after midnight Saturday
morning with two companions on Big Rice Lake when he hit his left
leg with the hatchet. His friends tried to help the 35-year-old
hike out of the wilderness but he couldn't travel, so the two left
for help. They eventually reached a phone and summoned rescuers.


      The sea plane flew in at daylight and brought Stermac-Stein back
to its base where he was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Ely
and treated for his injury.

The U.S. Forest Service sent a seaplane into
the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to rescue a camper who
accidentally struck himself in the leg with a hatchet.


Seaplane rescues BWCAW camper hurt by hatchet

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