It sounds to me like he was managing triage efforts - not single-handedly going down from the chopper and plucking 169 people from the water and trees.
But all of the folks that responded and helped in the effort are heroes in a fashion. I would think that doing triage properly saves many lives as well. Like the rescue crew that saved the 22-year old woman from the water and deemed her “okay” and left her with the people in the house nearby to provide a hot shower and dry clothes and a phone to call relatives.
“Take care of her - we have to rescue more people!”
“It sounds to me like he was managing triage efforts - not single-handedly going down from the chopper and plucking 169 people from the water and trees.”
That was what he described. A team effort. He is to be commended for his interview session.
He described the difficulty of flying into the storm. The pilots should also get credit but no mention of them or the other cre members.
“Like the rescue crew that saved the 22-year old woman from the water “
Lots of unrecognized heros. Many just ordinary folks risking life and limb.