LAFD Air Ops: Hiker In Distress

Dateline: Temescal Gateway Park, in the Santa Monica Mountains, in Pacific Palisades, California. Just past 12 noon on Sunday, May 29, 2016 (Memorial Day Weekend)... the Los Angeles City Fire Dept. (LAFD) gets a message of a hiker in distress.  At the time I was a couple of miles away but could hear the two LAFD helicopters (4 and 5) circling high above on a ridge line.

Per the "Los Angeles FD" Facebook page:

[LAFD ALERT] Hiker in Distress 05/29/2016
‪#‎HikerinDistress‬; 12:15PM; Temescal Canyon Park; https://goo.gl/maps/6Kufogsdk4n; ‪#‎PacificPalisades‬; Location is 1 to 2 miles north of Sunset Bl in the trails off Temescal Canyon Fire Rd. 40 y/o F with an extremity injury, being hoisted into a LAFD helicopter and will be transported to local hospital in serious condition; FS 69; Batt 9; ‪#‎WestBureau‬; Council District 11; BC9 E19 E269 E90 H4 H5 RA69 RA90 RH114 T69; 7; 17; Erik Scott
Listen live: http://bit.ly/LAFD-AUDIO
For updates on this incident: http://bit.ly/LAFD-ALERTS

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Here are the photos and videos that I shot...

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LAFD Air Ops: Video #1

     https://youtu.be/F9lkC_wqqDc

In the three photos immediately below, it appears that a member of the LAFD Helicopter crew is being lowered to the ground...

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LAFD Air Ops: Video #2

     https://youtu.be/Q3BS0kMSQ4s

In the photo immediately below, it appears that a hiker is being lifted into the LAFD helicopter...

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LAFD Air Ops: Video #3

     https://youtu.be/bToW26dMkVY

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LAFD Air Ops: Video #4

     https://youtu.be/IR9_CG7Om2U

With its mission completed at this location, Helicopter 5 flies off...

Respectfully submitted,


Will Maguire
"County Recurrent" News
http://CountyRecurrent.blogspot.com

(All photos and videos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2016.)

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