Oscar-Winning Animator Glen Keane Rescued From Mountain Hike by Helicopter: 'I Really Needed Help'

Glen Keane, an Oscar-winning animator who worked on Kobe Bryant's "Dear Basketball" and Disney's "The Little Mermaid," was rescue by helicopter Wednesday after struggling on a mountain hike in Arizona. On Wednesday, just after 8 a.m., Phoenix firefighters received reports of a hiker experiencing a medical emergency atop Mummy Mountain in Paradise Valley, Ariz. Fire Capt. Todd Keller later confirmed to AZFamily that the hiker was 72-year-old Keane, who was reportedly struggling with dizziness before requiring assistance making it down the mountain. Keane was flown to the base of the . . .