Moment cops rescue a distressed hiker who had spent day stranded on Arizona mountain in 105 degree heat

A hiker who got lost traversing an Arizonamountain in triple-digit heat was saved after a passerby who heard her crying out in desperation called for help.

Several police officers hiked South Mountain, a vast mountain range in south Phoenix, after someone called 911 to report hearing a woman’s screams coming from the mountain, police wrote on Facebook Monday.

Body camera footage shows an officer calling out, “Hello?” before climbing up a rocky slope on the mountain the afternoon of September 15 – a day temperatures hit a high of 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40C) in Phoenix, according to AccuWeather…

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