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Rudy Noorlander is joined by his daughters, Ashley Noorlander, third left, and KateLynn Noorlander Davis, second right, grandchildren and surgeon Hilary McCrary, right, at a press conference where they talked about Noorlander's recovery from a grizzly bear attack at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Noorlander was attacked by a grizzly bear on Sept. 8, 2023, south of Big Sky, Mont. After emergency surgery in Bozeman, Noorlander was flown to the University of Utah Hospital where he has continued his care. (Megan Nielsen/The Deseret News via AP)

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Montana man to return home from hospital weeks after grizzly bear bit off lower jaw
October 14, 2023 12:05 a.m.

Montana man to return home from hospital weeks after grizzly bear bit off lower jaw

A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off the front of his lower jaw is ready to return home after five weeks in a Utah hospital, a physician and his family said Friday during a news conference.