An Injured Elderly Hiker Experienced a Nightmarish Helicopter Rescue
A 74-year-old woman in Phoenix was injured while hiking in the mountains. In order to rescue her they needed to bring in a chopper and airlift her out. They strapped…
ANGLESEY, WALES – MARCH 31: Sergeant Ed Griffith is lowered by a winch from a Sea King helicopter piloted by Prince William, during a simulated rescue of a stranded hiker, at Holyhead Mountain, having flown from RAF Valley on March 31, 2011 in in Anglesey, north Wales. (Photo by John Stillwell- WPA Pool/Getty IMages)
(Photo by John Stillwell- WPA Pool/Getty IMages)A 74-year-old woman in Phoenix was injured while hiking in the mountains. In order to rescue her they needed to bring in a chopper and airlift her out.
They strapped her to a gurney and tow her out of there but turbulence from the helicopters rotors caused her gurney to spin and spin....and spin....and spin!
We don't know which is worse, the actual injury the woman sustained or the rescue!
