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Grand Canyon National Park recently shared a post warning hikers about a common mistake and asking them to be self-reliant ...
Rescue coordinator, we’ve got a call from a hiking party needing assistance,” the dispatcher said.  Mike grabbed a ...
A helicopter rescue team from nearby Snohomish County was dispatched to recover the bodies from the remote location. The sheriff's office has not released the names of the three people killed but ...
Footage of the rescue mission last week shows crews piloting two helicopters for King County Sheriff's Air Support team over thick wilderness near Stevens Pass, a ski area in Washington's Cascades.
Rescuers spent an hour on the phone attempting to coach a self-rescue, but the climbers were not comfortable executing the suggested methods. With daylight gone and no helicopter access to the ...
Gabreski Airport is set to become the first in the Northeast with a combat rescue helicopter simulator facility. The Defense Department's 2025 spending plan includes $14 million in funding to ...
After the group’s search-and-rescue message did not go through via satellite phone, they decided to self-rescue after determining it wasn’t a life-threatening injury. Serendipitously enough, both ...
“Riverside Sheriff helicopter Rescue 9 initially responded and made several attempts to hoist the victims out, but could not due to very high winds,” authorities said. Orange County Fire ...
Barry Wood was onboard a military helicopter flying 2,000 feet above Long Island Sound when he recognized his destination — the New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing in Westhampton ...
The dramatic helicopter rescue — captured on video by Riverside County sheriff’s officials — came Sunday evening after the couple called 911 requesting medical aid on the Ladder Canyon Trail ...
The man and woman are each hoisted into the helicopter in separate rescue operations. An aeromedical helicopter met the rescue helicopter at a landing zone on Box Canyon Road to rush the woman ...
The survivor made the 911 call at about 11:30 a.m. on Sunday and was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle soon after. Investigators are unsure exactly when the incident occurred but ...