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Craig Berg, a 70-year-old retired quality engineer from Royal Oak, Michigan, was found alive after being missing for 11 days on Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior. The search involving the Michigan State Police and US Coast Guard concluded when Berg was located in an injured and hypothermic state on September 12 and airlifted to a hospital. His family had become concerned after he failed to check into his hotel as planned on September 5 and lost contact with them shortly before that date.
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same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
A 70-year-old hiker named Craig Berg was rescued on September 12 after being missing for either seven or eleven days while hiking solo on Isle Royale, a remote island in Lake Superior. Berg had planned a nine-day trip but did not return home as scheduled, prompting his family to report him missing on September 6. Search efforts involved backpackers, Michigan State Police, and the US Coast Guard. Found injured and hypothermic, Berg was airlifted by a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from the US Coast Guard Air Station in Traverse City to Marquette Regional Airport in Gwinn, which is about 140 miles (230km) away. His son drove 455 miles from Detroit to pick him up after learning of his rescue.
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A 70-year-old hiker was dramatically rescued from a remote Michigan island after going missing in the wilderness for 11 days.
Craig Berg, a Royal Oak resident, was located on Lake Superior’s Isle Royale National Park following a frantic search by Michigan State Police.
The retired quality engineer and grandfather of two was visiting the national park for a solo hiking trip when he vanished.
asserted
he → see → trip
He was found in an 'injured and hypothermic' condition on September 12 after a week-long search, according to the US Coast Guard.
uncertain
He → find → Guard
Berg was hoisted from a remote marsh location by a helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City.
asserted
Berg → hoist → City
He was taken to the Marquette Regional Airport in Gwinn and then transported to a local hospital.
asserted
He → take → hospital
His son, Evan Berg, desperate to see his father, drove 455 miles from Detroit to Marquette to pick him up.
asserted
son → see → him
‘I yelled at the top of my lungs, "He’s alive!"' he told WDIV of the moment he found out his dad was safe.
asserted
dad → yell → moment
‘People looked at me, and oh, man, it was a wonderful feeling.’
asserted
it → look → me
Missing hiker Craig Berg, 70, has been found alive after surviving 11 days in the wilderness
US Coast Guard footage showed that Berg being helicoptered to safety following a frantic week-long search
‘He was in rough shape, but he’s okay,' he also told WLUC, adding that his dad was asking for water and food.
asserted
dad → miss → water
Berg’s relatives told WDIV that the hiker began his hike on August 27.
asserted
hiker → tell → August
When he did not check into his hotel on September 5, his wife alerted the rest of the family.
asserted
wife → check → family
Berg last contacted his family on September 2 and lost his cellphone and his wallet in the marsh.
asserted
Berg → contact → marsh
He had planned to finish the hiking trip in Rock Harbor in 10 days.
asserted
He → plan → days
When he failed to show, officials began the search there before expanding to to other areas.
asserted
officials → fail → areas
The trail camera last captured Berg on the Greenstone Ridge Trail on August 30.
asserted
camera → capture → August
Details about Berg’s condition and the circumstances of his disappearance are still unknown, said the US Coast Guard.
asserted
Guard → say → disappearance
Berg was an experienced hike so his family became alarmed when he suddenly dropped out of contct earlier this month
He was taken to the hospital where his son Evan said he was processing what happened and joking about writing a book on his ordeal
Isle Royale National Park is a remote island cluster in Lake Superior, Michigan
Evan said he was able to talk to his dad while on his way to see him at the hospital.
‘You can tell this rattled him,' he said.
asserted
he → become → him
'I think it would rattle anyone.
asserted
it → think → anyone
He said, "Oh, man, I have enough stories to tell you to fill a book."
asserted
I → say → book
'
Evan has assured his father that he could ‘go write that book’.
uncertain
he → assure → book
The father-son duo were due to run a race on September 6 after his return.
asserted
duo → run → return
Kim McGowan, Berg’s sister, told the outlet that Berg was an experienced hiker and had completed solo hikes before.
asserted
Berg → tell → hikes
When he visited McGowan and her husband, Paul, in June, he had told them about the trip.
asserted
he → visit → trip
‘He had the map with him.
asserted
He → have → him
He was plotting out what he was going to do,' she said.
asserted
she → plot → what
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