VIDEO: US Coast Guard assists multiple agencies with rescue in Alaska

HEMS/SAR
2 Jul 2019 | Mandy Langfield
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A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew assisted Alaska State Troopers and Sitka Mountain Rescue personnel to hoist a 50-year-old man who fell off a steep cliff. 

On 15 June, a Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew assisted Alaska State Troopers and Sitka Mountain Rescue personnel to hoist a 50-year-old man who fell off a steep cliff while hiking the Sisters Mountains in Sitka, Alaska. The man was transported to Sitka emergency medical services personnel in stable condition but with reported head injuries.

US Coast Guard video.

HEMS/SAR
2 Jul 2019
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Mandy Langfield

Mandy Langfield is Director of Publishing for Voyageur Publishing & Events. She was Editor of AirMed&Rescue from December 2017 until April 2021. Her favourite helicopter is the Chinook, having grown up near an RAF training ground!