The New Hampshire Army National Guard was called in to help rescue a hiker who suffered a medical emergency Wednesday near the summit of Mount Lincoln.
The hiker from Quebec, Canada, was hiking with his son when he started experiencing chest pains near the summit, according to the New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game.
Andre Bissonnette, 80, had ascended the Falling Waters Trail and was hiking across the Franconia Ridge near Mount Lincoln when the first emergency call was made at about 4 p.m.
After rescuers determined it would take several hours to reach the hiker and carry them down the mountain, the New Hampshire Army National Guard was called to assist with a hoist of the incapacitated hiker.
A flight crew was dispatched from Concord and reached the summit of Mount Lincoln just before 6 p.m. Fish and Game reports a medic was lowered to the hikers and hoisted them into the helicopter, flying them to Littleton Regional Hospital for further medical treatment.
