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Hurley youth rescued near Black River Harbor

BLACK RIVER HARBOR - A Hurley man was rescued from along the Black River late Thursday afternoon after he suffered an apparent broken leg.

Nick Fink, 19, was injured around 5:30 p.m.

The Gogebic Search and Rescue team, Gogebic County Sheriff's Department, Beacon Ambulance, Ironwood Township Fire Department and volunteers responded and Fink was lifted up the side of a cliff and transported out along a walking trail around 6:30 p.m.

Fink was responsive and was able to joke with his family members as he lie on a stretcher along the raging river at Great Conglomerate Falls, tended to by First Resp...

 
 
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