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Will Soper Ran 1.5 Miles 1,000 Feet up a Mountain to Deliver Blood to a Fallen Climber

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Burke County EMT Will Soper, 28, ran 1.5 miles uphill gaining 1,000 vertical feet in 31 minutes carrying a bag of blood to a climber who had fallen 20 feet on Shortoff Mountain and needed a transfusion, as part of a 24-agency rescue operation.

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