PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Fifteen hikers from a church group who failed to return from a day hike in the Southern California mountains were exhausted and losing daylight, so they decided to build a fire and wait until Monday morning, when a helicopter plucked them safely out of the wilderness.
The Los Angeles County sheriff's helicopter rescued the hikers - 11 adults and four teens - and they were driven to a nature center to be reunited with anxious family and friends.
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Last summer, the U.S. Forest Service finally closed off access to the Upper Falls because people were ignoring warning signs and climbing unauthorized, steep, crumbling trails into Angeles National Forest, resulting in rescues and deaths.
