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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, aged 16 and 17, 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 search for the girls. | |
| 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. | 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. |
| His colleague Neville Watson said the teenagers had done all they should have in the circumstances. | |
| "When they got into trouble they called for help, they put their tents up and put warm clothing on, and they sent down two of their members to get help on a well-known route," he said. |