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Fairfield County Firefighter Dies While Rock Climbing, Police Say Fairfield County Firefighter Dies While Rock Climbing, Police Say
Fairfield County Firefighter Dies While Rock Climbing, Police Say A firefighter in Fairfield County who died from injuries he sustained while rock climbing in New York's Hudson Valley had nearly reached the 200-foot mark of his climb when he fell and was killed. Stephen M. Buda III, age 56, of New Haven, was killed around 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 7, while rock climbing at a popular spot of the Trapps Bridge section of the Mohonk Preserve, said the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. A firefighter with the Bridgeport Police Department since 2013, sheriff's deputies said it appears Buda had reached about 150 to 175 feet of the roughly 200-foot-section when he …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman, 25, Killed After Losing Her Grip While Rock Climbing In Hudson Valley, Police Say Woman, 25, Killed After Losing Her Grip While Rock Climbing In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Woman, 25, Killed After Losing Her Grip While Rock Climbing In Hudson Valley, Police Say A woman was killed following a fall after losing her grip while rock climbing in the Hudson Valley, police said. It happened around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 9 in Ulster County at the Mohonk Mountain Preserve in Gardiner An investigation revealed that Lauren Sobel, 25, of Brooklyn, was a lead climber in a group of three in the area of the Trapps Trailhead, State Police from the Highland barracks said. Sobel was approximately 70 feet up the rock face and was setting protection gear in the rocks when she lost her grip and fell approximately 50 feet, police said.  She was pronounce…

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by Joe Lombardi