I watched the helicopter flying around Lafayette while skiing at Cannon Sunday.Here's WMUR's story:
FRANCONIA, N.H. -- A Boston hiker was released from the hospital Sunday after a spending a dangerous night lost in Franconia Notch.
Benjamin Davis, 28, left for a hike Friday morning and lost his way.
New Hampshire Fish and Game and the National Guard managed to find Davis more than 24 hours later. Officials said if they hadn't found Davis, he most likely wouldn't have made it another night.
Davis said he got lost in white-out conditions and just kept turning around. State officials said Davis began his hike near Mount Lafayette and finally text-messaged his girlfriend Saturday to let her know he was lost.
The area where crews found Davis is the same nine-mile loop where hikers got lost last week. One later died from exposure to the elements.
It took rescuers about 40 minutes to find Davis, using cell phone coordinates and a headlamp he was shining up at them. From a helicopter, crews dropped a rescuer down to Davis and lifted him to safety.
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