A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a 74-year-old injured hiker in a dramatic operation captured on video.
David Chiu is a staff writer, Human Interest, for PEOPLE. A former PEOPLE intern from 2007 to 2008, he has been writing about news and entertainment for over 10 years., Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders were alerted on the afternoon of Sunday. Sept. 29, of a request for a medical evacuation of the hiker who fell from a bridge about 18 miles east of Brookings, Oreg.
Later, per the footage, the stretcher carrying the injured man was brought up into the chopper, followed by the rescue swimmer. “The aircrew arrived on-scene, hoisted the passenger along with his family into the helicopter,” the agency said in their press release.Good Morning America
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