MIAMI (AP) Two young men who became "stranded and disoriented" while taking part in a python hunt in Florida's Everglades were rescued Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
The Broward County sheriff's office said in an email Thursday night that units responded to a call about the missing men at about 4 p.m. Air rescue units began a search of the area, and the hunters were found about a half-hour later at a location 15 miles west of U.S. 27 at the northernmost border of the county. A helicopter landed in the Everglades and transported the two men to rescue units a few miles away.
The news release said the victims, ages 22 and 25, "complained of lightheadedness and weakness and were suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration."
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More than 1,500 participants of a month-long python challenge have helped to capture 50 Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades.
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Deceased/Not Found OH - Patricia 'Patti' Adkins, 29, Marysville, 29 June 2001