JAFFREY, N.H. (CBS) – A Winchendon woman was injured Sunday while hiking in New Hampshire when she tumbled over a rock ledge after night fell and she was lost without a light. Fortuantely, rescuers were able to locate the woman even though her cell phone battery died during a 911 call. The woman called 911 around 8:25 p.m. to say she was on the White Arrow Trail at Monadnock State Park without a light and it had gotten dark. Less than a minute into the call with conservation officers, the woman’s phone died. READ MORE: Pink Stun Gun, Knife-In-Comb Seized At Logan Airport On Easter Sunday Dispatchers were able to provide GPS coordinates for the woman’s location. The 40-year-old woman was about half a mile up the mountain from the end of Old Toll Road in Jaffrey. When the woman’s cell phone died, she began to panic and started hiking down the trail in the dark. She made it about 500 feet when she fell off a rock ledge that was about 20 feet high and landed on the rocks below. … [Read more...] about Winchendon Woman Falls Off Rock Ledge While Hiking In New Hampshire’s Monadnock State Park
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Looking Back At The ‘Truly Unfathomable’ 1997 April Fools’ Blizzard
BOSTON (CBS) — April. . . we’ve made it! Well, not always. This time of year the flowers are blooming, trees waking up, and sausages are being grilled on Lansdowne Street. But it doesn’t mean winter can’t still come calling. In 1997 it didn’t just ring the doorbell. It barged through the front door with a plow. It wouldn’t have been on the minds of many walking around in late March. From the 26th through the 30th, highs were in the 50s and 60s. On the 31st, some dramatic changes got underway. A cold front ushered in colder air, dropping the region out of the 50s and into the 40s with a cold rain falling. By the afternoon, the raindrops flipped to snowflakes across the interior. And by dinnertime, an inch was on the ground in Boston. For dessert, nature really started to cook up something special. READ MORE: COVID Outbreak Cancels In-Person Easter And Holy Week Services At Stoneham Church Digging out in the South End after the April Fools’ blizzard (Photo by Dominic … [Read more...] about Looking Back At The ‘Truly Unfathomable’ 1997 April Fools’ Blizzard
