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Bad advice hurts North Shore rescue efforts

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A young mother and her four children had to be rescued after getting lost on North Vancouver's Grouse Mountain.

Search co-ordinator Tim Jones says the call came in shortly before 2pm Thursday, but it took some time to connect with the family because they wouldn't stay still, there was a language barrier and they received really bad advice from another hiker.

"Not to call Search and Rescue, that they would be charged. This caused a lot of almost panic with this young woman because she comes from a country that is a police state. They're automatically on guard, so it didn't help us."

A helicopter eventually picked up the mom and her kids who are between seven and 13 years old.

Other than needing water, everyone is fine. 


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