Several people, including a Marine who was injured in Iraq, were hurt in an 800-foot avalanche on Mt. Washington on Thursday evening, according to emergency officials.
Emergency crews from a number of towns in the Mount Washington Valley area responded after initial reports that a number of people were missing in an avalanche. Rescuers from the U.S. Forest Service were able to locate three people who had been injured, including retired Marine Sgt. Keith Zeier.
Zeier, 26, of Brooklyn, who lost his leg and suffered a severe brain injury in Iraq in 2006, was climbing Mount Washington's most difficult route to raise funds and awareness for families of Special Operations forces killed and wounded in action.
According to Zeier?s family, he suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was recovering at Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin on Thursday night.
Two other hikers were also injured and initially taken to Androscoggin Valley Hospital. Their conditions were not immediately known. A hospital official said they declined comment.
Gorham EMS Director Chad Miller said the avalanche took place at about 5 p.m. and the first emergency call was received at about 7:30 p.m.
Miller said three ambulances and 12 paramedics were initially dispatched after concerns that more members of Zeier?s party were missing. The response was later scaled back.
Zeier?s family said they were concerned immediately after hearing about the avalanche.
"I've been through this before, and I just had a feeling,? said Denise Zeier, his mother.
Keith Zeier has raised over $100,000 for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation and continued to raise money with this climb.
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