Monday, July 28, 2014

Incredible Video Of Stuck Hiker Rescued From Cliff

A stunning video from the Snohomish County helicopter rescue team captures their incredible work during a successful rescue of a hiker found clinging to the edge of a mountain. 

On June 30 2014. the team, made up of emergency rescue volunteers, received a call to save a hiker near the Snoqualmie Pass in Washington. The hiker had been stranded on a cliff and unable to get down, according to the rescue team by the time he dialed 911, he told the sheriff's office that he wasn't sure if he could hold on much longer,

The team arrived to find the hiker stuck at 5,000 ft., gripping the ledge to stay alive. "keep holding the rock. Don't grab me. Let me come and do my thing. Everything's going to be all right. We're going to get you out of here, said Miles McDonough, the rescue worker that was lowered to the hiker

skip to 2:32 min mark

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