A Maine Army National Guard team prepares to rescue two stranded hikers from Bigelow Mountain in western Maine on Tuesday. Credit: Maj. Lena Witham / U.S. Army

The Maine National Guard used a helicopter to pluck two stranded hikers from Bigelow Mountain on Tuesday.

After the Maine Warden Service requested help early Tuesday morning, the National Guard aircrew flew a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from Bangor to the western Maine mountain and executed a “mountain hoist extraction,” the National Guard said in a Facebook post.

The two hikers were taken to Sugarloaf Regional Airport and transferred for medical care.

Ethan Andrews is the night editor. He was formerly the managing editor at The Free Press and worked as a reporter for The Republican Journal and Pen Bay Pilot.

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