Seven U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada are being honored by the Air Force now for acts of heroism during a hiking trip in Utah earlier this month.
Seven U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada were honored by the Air Force now for acts of heroism during a hiking trip in Utah earlier this month.According to the Air Force, the Airmen rescued 4 people, including a pregnant woman, when flash flooding hit Zion National Park. The Airmen were honored Monday during a coining ceremony.
The group says she was barely responsive for an hour as the team called for help.The Airmen were advised by rescue personnel to move down the canyon to an area where air evacuations would be possible. As they made their way, the woman they rescued from the river told them that she was pregnant and had been traveling with three others.The team eventually reunited the woman with her husband and encountered the other two people.
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