WABC Eyewitness News December 21, 2015
Hiker somehow lost his footing and tumbled down the mountain face before he was wedged in against a tree. But the scene was so precarious, that it took rescuers three hours to secure the hiker. Place him into a stretcher. And bring him safely down the mountain. Where he was treated for shock and hypothermia. Before he was rushed to the emergency room. Hook mountain is the second highest peak in the pallisades. Rising 728 feet, above the hudson river. How the hiker managed to fall, and whether he was on an established trail when he fell, were not known. And it happened around 2 30 this afternoo...