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    • Jul 22, 2017
    • Jul 22, 2017 Updated Aug 1, 2017
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    A Pima County Sheriff's Department helicopter rescues a hiker from the Tanque Verde Falls area of Redington Pass. The hiker was one of 17 trapped by flash flooding on Sunday, July 23.

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