Unalaska, AK – The Coast Guard rescued an injured hiker Wednesday from Unalaska Island. Thirty-nine year old Dan Young was trying to cross the island from Chernofski Ranch and return to Unalaska when he slipped and fell down a steep snow bank. He injured one of his knees and his other leg but continued trying to hike for more than a day. When the pain was too great and he could not reach a boat by radio to contact people in Unalaska, he pressed the emergency button on his personal locating device. It contacted Public Safety and the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard used a MH-65 dolphin helicopter to hoist Young and his dog off a cliff face about 22 miles from town. Forty-five mile-an-hour winds complicated the rescue but he was safely returned to Unalaska where he was met at the airport by emergency personnel at 6:40 pm.