Rescue crews narrowed the area they were searching in the rugged Cascade foothills for a missing skydiver, but hadn’t found the man as darkness fell.
Kurt Ruppert, 29, jumped out of a helicopter at 6,500 feet Thursday. King County sheriff’s Sgt. Cindi West said about 145 searchers were combing the Mount Si area, focusing on a quarter-mile square near the summit.
West said they narrowed the search based on the flight pattern of the helicopter he jumped from and his cellphone’s location just before the jump.
The Associated Press
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