Sunday night 10 vehicles with evacuees were following a sheriff’s vehicle on a back road trying to leave the Atlas Peak fire.
They got caught due to trees and powerlines falling on the road.
A CHP helicopter and his co pilot in the dark of night started rescuing those people in the dark with trees and power lines around them.
They successfully rescued 40 people, 5 dogs and 1 cat.
The pilot was interviewed and made what he did sound like just a job. If he and his copilot had not rescued those people with that night rescue, those 40 people, 5 dogs and 1 cat would probably be dead.
Extreme emergency, but they won’t fly up here because of the mountains, and huge trees.
On the radio news here in Phoenix: Said today was going to be another red alert day, as bad or worse than yesterday. Said 23 confirmed dead, 280 missing. Said there are 22 separate fires, although I’ve also heard 30 separate fires.
Sunday night 10 vehicles with evacuees were following a sheriff’s vehicle on a back road trying to leave the Atlas Peak fire.
They got caught due to trees and powerlines falling on the road.
A CHP helicopter and his co pilot in the dark of night started rescuing those people in the dark with trees and power lines around them.
They successfully rescued 40 people, 5 dogs and 1 cat.
The pilot was interviewed and made what he did sound like just a job. If he and his copilot had not rescued those people with that night rescue, those 40 people, 5 dogs and 1 cat would probably be dead.
Wow, thanks for sharing that story Grampa Dave. For me, it is stories like this—heroism of the First Responders, or just citizens helping others—that help me to follow what is a terrible situation, and I am shaking my head as I don’t see the fires lessening.
I saw the interview.
Impressive.
The man was so humble sbout it too.
God bless him.