A dramatic video shows a helicopter rescue a couple who were hiking in Joshua Tree when temperatures reached triple digits in California.
On June 9, a man called 911 from an area known as Painted Canyon to report his girlfriend was weak and dehydrated, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Social Media Posts.
The Fire Department’s Rescue 9 helicopter was dispatched to the hikers’ location, where rescuers found the couple huddled in a dry creek bed, with the man trying to protect the woman from the heat and wind.
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Video from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department shows a man shielding his dehydrated girlfriend from the intense heat and wind after the couple ran out of water in Joshua Tree on June 9. (Riverside County Sheriff’s Office via The Associated Press)
They were loaded one by one into a helicopter and taken to a nearby landing pad, where a medical helicopter rushed the woman to hospital “in critical condition,” the station said.
The ministry SF Gate The man was taken by ambulance for treatment.
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High temperatures of 100 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit were recorded in the Painted Canyon area, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather service has issued extreme heat warnings and heat watches for parts of California’s Central Valley and the desert southwest this week.
The couple was loaded one by one into a helicopter and taken to an area hospital, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. (Riverside County Sheriff’s Office)
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Last week, about 19 million people in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and South Texas were under heat warnings, the most severe form issued by the NWS.
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“As temperatures rise, please remember to bring more water than you think you’ll need, plan your hike, and let the pair know where you’re going,” the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post.
