Rescuers pull four hikers from closed trail in Columbia River Canyon

In the Columbia River Canyon, emergency services and volunteers conducted two consecutive rescue operations on a closed section of the hiking trail.

The first call came in Thursday night from teenagers ages 15 and 16 who were stranded on a cliff. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, along with more than two dozen volunteers, began a search in the backwoods. The teens were found shortly after 1 a.m. Friday and were brought home to their families by 4:30 a.m.

On the same day, at around 1:00 p.m., another pair of hikers, aged 20 and 24, asked for help. They had gotten lost, found themselves surrounded by rocks, and lost their way. Twenty search and rescue volunteers found the hikers and escorted them out of the danger zone by 3:00 a.m.