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| Teenage girls rescued in Mourne mountains | Teenage girls rescued in Mourne mountains |
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| Seven teenage girls have been rescued after getting into difficulty in the Mourne mountains in County Down. | Seven teenage girls have been rescued after getting into difficulty in the Mourne mountains in County Down. |
| The group was hampered by poor weather and limited visibility. | |
| Two girls were treated for the effects of extreme cold and one of them was taken to hospital as a precaution, but they have all been reunited with their parents. | Two girls were treated for the effects of extreme cold and one of them was taken to hospital as a precaution, but they have all been reunited with their parents. |
| Police said the alarm was raised when a 999 call disconnected before the operator could speak to the caller. | Police said the alarm was raised when a 999 call disconnected before the operator could speak to the caller. |
| 'Sheltering' | 'Sheltering' |
| Insp Duncan McBain said they established that the phone call was made from "a mobile registered to one of a Girls Brigade group camping on the mountain". | Insp Duncan McBain said they established that the phone call was made from "a mobile registered to one of a Girls Brigade group camping on the mountain". |
| "Numerous attempts by police to re-establish a connection with the phone failed," he said. | "Numerous attempts by police to re-establish a connection with the phone failed," he said. |
| Police search and rescue specialists, the Mourne Mountain Rescue Team and the Irish Coastguard helicopter were involved in the operation. | Police search and rescue specialists, the Mourne Mountain Rescue Team and the Irish Coastguard helicopter were involved in the operation. |
| Jeremy Purdy of Mourne Mountain Rescue said they were alerted that the teenagers were missing in the Trassey Track area, about five miles from Newcastle, County Down. | |
| "We located two of the girls on the way up the track and they were brought down by a team Land Rover," he said. | "We located two of the girls on the way up the track and they were brought down by a team Land Rover," he said. |
| The other five teenagers were found sheltering in a tent near the Blue Lough, he said. | The other five teenagers were found sheltering in a tent near the Blue Lough, he said. |
| Mr Purdy said that "after a bit of food and water", four of them were able to walk down from the mountain, while one of them was taken down on a stretcher and treated by paramedics before being brought to hospital. | Mr Purdy said that "after a bit of food and water", four of them were able to walk down from the mountain, while one of them was taken down on a stretcher and treated by paramedics before being brought to hospital. |