MADISON, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin-Madison student credited with helping save a woman’s life in the New Mexico mountains is being called a hero, but he said it was just a matter of good timing.
Peter Kottke, 20, and his brother Albert were on their annual backpacking trip in New Mexico when they stumbled upon a woman missing for five weeks.
Kottke said he and his brother were looking forward to a third trip into the wilderness, and said they never thought they would come back heroes.