Multiple agencies set out to save a stranded hiker on the Starr Pass Trail, on Tucson’s west side, Wednesday morning.
Crews responded to the call for the hiker experiencing a medical emergency at about 11:12 a.m., according to a news release from Drexel Heights Fire District. Members from Drexel Heights and Pima County Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue hiked a mile up the trail and located the patient in medical distress.
Because the hiker couldn’t walk, Pima County requested an air rescue…