Rescuers airlift students stuck on peak

Rescuers airlift students stuck on peak

MATSUOKA, Japan - One of 14 Kwansei Gakuin University students who were stranded since Feb. 7 on a mountain between Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures is taken to Fukui University Hospital after a helicopter rescue Feb. 9.

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