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Another Story on GPS and bad choices

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An Arizona sheriff’s official says it’s “a Christmas miracle” that searchers found a Pennsylvania woman and her family stranded in a snowy Arizona forest after their vehicle got stuck before a severe winter storm hit the area.

Coconino County Deputy Jim Driscoll says 46-year-old Karen Klein of Easton, Pennsylvania was found exhausted at a closed Grand Canyon National Park early Saturday morning after she hiked 27 miles.

Other searchers located her husband, Eric, and their 10-year-old son, Isaac, late Friday miles away at their rental vehicle after they hiked to an area where they found cellphone service to call for help.

Their vehicle got stuck Thursday when the family relied on an online mapping service to find an alternative route to the North Rim, where park services and the access highway are closed for the winter.

Driscoll says Karen Klein tried to hike out of the forest by herself to get help because she’s a triathlete and marathon runner and the family agreed she was in the best shape to make the attempt.

She’s hospitalized and being treated for exposure to cold, while her husband and her son also are being treated for cold exposure, including frostbite.

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