Copter rescues 2 missing in Idaho

— A helicopter crew plucked a hunter and his 14-year-old daughter from a mountainous and remote area of northern Idaho on Thursday morning after the pair had been missing for three days after a snowstorm.

A spokesman at Fairchild Air Force Base’s 36th Rescue Flight in Spokane, Wash., said 37-year-old Matthew Gering and his daughter, Kia, of Post Falls were not injured.

They were hoisted to the chopper in a basket and flown to a command post in Avery.

Authorities said Gering and his daughter had gone hunting Monday.

Front Section, Pages 5 on 10/29/2010

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