Temperatures in the area that day reached as high as 105 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the National Weather Service.
Two people were airlifted from the desert near Joshua Tree National Park last week, after a man called 911, saying that they had run out of water, and the rescue was captured on video. The rescue happened on June 9. According to an Instagram post from the Riverside County Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit, a man called 911 from Painted Canyon, just north of the Salton Sea, to say that his girlfriend was dehydrated and weak.The RSO sent a team out to find them.
The department said that "because of her severe condition, an aeromedical helicopter was dispatched to Rescue 9's landing zone to fly the patient to a hospital."The condition of the man wasn't immediately clear.The Sheriff's Office used the rescue as an opportunity to remind people of the dangers of hiking in the desert.
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