the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said in a statement. A 56-year-old man from Bolton, Mass., was chaperoning a Boy Scout Troop hike early Saturday morning, the statement said. He began to have difficulty hiking near the summit of Mt. Flume ...

The Massachusetts hiker had told the group of Boy Scouts to continue hiking without him after he began having a hard time going up the mountain, officials said.

A Boy Scout chaperone was airlifted off Mt. Liberty following a medical emergency on Sept. 14. According to New Hampshire Fish and Game, 56-year-old Chris Siano of Bolton, Mass., set off with Boy Scouts up the Flume Side Trail at 6:30 a.

A Boy Scout chaperone from Massachusetts having a medical emergency on the Franconia Ridge Trail between Mount Flume and Liberty needed to be airlifted by a National Guard Blackhawk helicopter