Archive image: An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter is shown on the tarmac at Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay in McKinleyville, Calif., following cliff rescue training, March 7, 2018.
Coast Guard crews routinely conduct cliff rescue training to maintain qualifications and to maintain proficiency in their rescue techniques in the event of a person in distress on a cliff.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Brandyn Hill.
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — A Coast Guard MH-65E Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescue (medevac) a 74-year-old male hiker from a creek after he fell off a bridge approximately 18 miles east of Brookings, Oregon. Sunday, September 30, 2024.
Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders received notification at approximately 2:50 p.m. from Air Station North Bend relaying a request for a medical evacuation of the 74-year-old male hiker due to his injuries.
Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders then coordinated the launch of an MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew to conduct the medevac at 4:45 p.m.
The MH-65 Dolphin SRR Helicopter aircrew arrived on-scene at 5:30 p.m. and deployed a rescue swimmer to hike down and assess the hiker’s condition. Then hoisted the man into the aircraft and transferred him to emergency medical services (EMS) at Del Norte County Airport in Crescent City, California around 6:50 p.m.
The aircrew deployed the rescue swimmer, hoisted the hiker into the helicopter and transferred him to emergency medical services at Del Norte County Airport in Crescent City, California.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Lt. Mitchell Dow.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay.
U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area.
U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Southwest.
Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Department of Homeland Security.
The hiker’s current condition is unknown at this time.
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