Reply #16: Did the bear attack make the news?

[rainbow4321]

I know it made our local news but didn't know if it was a nat'l story:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/plano/stories/072605dnmetbear.dd073d3.html

On Friday, the 15-year-old was three miles from the end of a rugged 50-mile hike in southern Alaska when he crossed paths with an adult brown bear.

Alex led the way as the four neared the end of Resurrection Pass Trail to Cooper Landing – a trek that went from 500 feet to more than 4,000 feet and back down. The bear was hidden in grass 20 feet away. When Alex turned into the path, it charged.

Mike McFatter, the adult trailing the group, fired gunshots into the air, and the bear ran. Using shirts as tourniquets, Scouts stopped the bleeding from the teenager's right arm and leg.

Three hours later, after trips on a four-wheeler ambulance and helicopter, Alex was at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage for minor surgery.