Posted on 11/06/2017 7:04:53 PM PST by nickcarraway
With daylight failing, a California Highway Patrol helicopter crew had to depend on night vision technology Sunday evening to rescue a man who had fallen from a cliff onto a Daly City beach.
The CHP said the crew was called to assist in the rescue near Muscle Rock at about 5:50 p.m. Sunday. By the time the helicopter arrived, the beach was covered by darkness.
A 34-year-old San Francisco man was hiking when he slipped on the rocks and tumbled to the beach, suffering leg injuries. When the helicopter arrived, the man was at the bottom of a 300-foot cliff. The tide had risen and the man was surrounded by ocean water.
Because of the darkness, the crew had to rely on night vision technology to make the rescue.
The helicopter hovered approximately 1 foot above a rocky shore line and deployed a paramedic. The paramedic assessed the man for injures and assisted him into the hovering helicopter.
He was flown to a nearby landing zone where he was transferred to a waiting San Mateo County ambulance. He was expected to fully recover.
Very impressive.
Ping
Hope the “hiker” gets a bill for the Gov’t. services.
where was the Coast Guard ? seems like it should be their job If I remember correctly, the CHP has a horrible air safety record. I wonder if Brown cut funding to Coast Guard so now CHP has to earn their CALPERS
“Hope the “hiker” gets a bill for the Gov’t. services.”
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The copter crew should’ve just declared him a Darwin Award winner, turn around and fly back home for supper.
30 some years ago the CHP air ops did have a bad safety record. But that hasn’t been the case since at least the early 90s.
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