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UPDATE: Stranded Hikers On Mount Rainier Rescued UPDATE: Stranded Hikers On Mount Rainier Rescued
Update: Stranded Hikers On Mount Rainier Rescued UPDATE, June 7: The four hikers were rescued by helicopter Thursday and all were awake and alert, the Associated Press reported.  Original story below:  Four hikers, including a software developer from New Jersey, are trapped atop Mount Rainier in Washington state, CNN reported Thursday.  The four --  Yevgeniy Krasnitskiy of Portland, Oregon; Ruslan Khasbulatov of Jersey City; and New York residents Vasily Aushev and Kostya "Constantine" Toporov -- began their ascent from a campground Friday.  High winds destroyed their climbing equipment, stranding them at 13,500…