Hot on HuffPost Parents:
Linda Bloom LCSW and Charlie Bloom MSW: Overwhelmed Parents: A…
Allison Tate: What I Would Like to Tell My Son's 5th Grade Teacher Now
Teens Mauled in Alaskan Bear Attack
Filed under: In The News
You don't mess with a mama grizzly and her cubs. It was a severe lesson dealt to seven teens over the weekend, as four of them were mauled while hiking in Alaska's Takeetna Mountains.
Four of the teens were seriously injured, Reuters reports, after the bear attacked them as they were trying to cross a river.
Joshua Berg of New York and Samuel Gottsegen of Denver, both 17, were leading the group and suffered the worst of the attack, according to the news service. Noah Allaire, 16, of Albuquerque, and Victor Martin, 18, of Richmond, Calif., were also hospitalized after the mauling. The three other teens suffered minor injuries or ailments related to exposure, Reuters adds.
Other teens in the group, on a 30-day backpacking trip as part of the National Outdoor Leadership School, activated an emergency beacon, the news service reports, and the Alaska Air National Guard rescued them.
Don Ford, the school's Alaska director, tells Reuters the bear likely was protecting a cub.
"They didn't actually see the cub, but they saw some rustling in the brush," he tells the news service. "... This is our 40th year of operation in Alaska. We have not had a bear attack in all of that 40 years."
Your<span>Voice</span>
Ask Us Anything About Parenting
Recently Asked
- HICKMAN, DERIAN DOUGLAS PLAINTIFF PRO SE & INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE Defendant Service: Summons Issued Method: Service Issued
- Federal reserve board of governors appointments ( understanding owning a tv image )
- Is it legal to claim relation to a person ? ( OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE FOR MONATERY GAIN) TO BE ILLEGAL ?
TheTalkies:RelatedVideos
-
Teen Thought He Would Die in Alaska Bear Attack
One of the teens attacked by a grizzly in the Alaska wilderness says he thought he was spending his last moments on earth as the bear furiously thrashed him around, left, then returned to maul him some more. (July 25)
-
Friend of Revere, Mass. Teen Mauled by Dogs Speaks Out
The friend of the teenage boy mauled by two rottweilers in Revere is speaking out about the horrifying experience.
-
Teen Survives Bear Attack by Kicking
A California teen survives a bear attack in Alaska by kicking the grizzly in the face. Victor Martin of Richmond, Calif. was part of a group on a wilderness survival outing when they encountered what he says was a 900-pound bear. (July 26)
-
New Option for Fertility After Cancer
Each year 130,000 cancer patients of child-bearing age must decide if they will preserve their fertility before the same drugs saving them from cancer destroy their hopes at having a family. We'll show you an experimental therapy helping teen cancer patients.
SitesWeLove
- Site Map
- |
- Staff
- |
- Terms of Service
- |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Trademarks
- |
- Advertise With Us
- |
- About Our Ads
- |
- AOL Downloads
- |
- Contact Us
- |
© Copyright 2012 AOL Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Aol Family