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United States Coast Guard rescue a woman who was on a cliff face in Oregon

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 May

North Lincoln Fire And Rescue answered an emergency call on Sunday afternoon when a woman was seen halfway down a cliff face located on Road Ends Point which is south of God's Thumb on the Oregon Coast. The firefighters had help...

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Helicopter crew rescues a dog that was in a river in New York state

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 25 Mar

Deputies with the Onondaga County Sheriffs Department (OCSD) which is located in Baldwinsville New York answered an emergency call on Monday night when a mixed breed dog known as a goldendoofle which is a mixed breed of a poodle...

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New York Police Department helicopter rescue three persons who were in a frozen lake

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 8 Feb

Three males who were walking on the frozen New York's Jamaica Bay on Friday when they fell in and they needed to be rescued. Thank goodness that the New York City Fire Department as well as the New York Police Department (NYPD)...

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U S Coast Guard rescue five persons who were aboard a life raft in North Carolina

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 9 Nov

Members of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) answered an emergency call from persons who left their sailboat that was taking on water 260 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina on Thursday November 6. The five...

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United States Coast Guard rescues two kayakers who were in the Florida keys

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 1 Oct

United States Coast Guard in Islamorada sent patrol boats to locate two missing kayakers who went missing near the Florida Keys on Monday afternoon September 29. When the patrol boat could not find the missing kayakers, the Air...

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India Air Boeing Crash

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 13 Jun

The India Air Boeing 787 crash that left only one survivor sent chills across the world. I feel there is a problem with these Boeing crafts. A few years ago another horrific accident claimed the lives of all on board. I personally...

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Firefighters rescue a man who was in an accident in a canyon in California

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 22 Apr 25

Thanks to the team up of the San Bernadino Sheriff's Department (SBSD), the San Bernadino Fire And Sheriff's Aviation Team who answered an emergency call on Sunday April 20 when an all-terrain vehicle fell down 30 to 40 feet down...

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USCG rescues a man who was aboard a sailboat off of the Fort Myers Coast

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17 Mar 24

Thanks to the efforts of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) who answered an emergency call on Friday afternoon, a 72 year old man who was inside of a 40 foot sailboat was beginning to sink into the Gulf Of Mexico around 185...

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Helicopter rescues a female who was on top of a truck in California

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 26 Jan 24

A female pickup truck driver is grateful that a helicopter that was used by the California Highway Patrol Air Operations to rescue her in Northern California on Monday evening after she attempted to drive her pickup truck over the...

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New Jersey State Police Helicopter rescue two firefighters from a river

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 29 Jun 23

Clinton firefighters were on a rescue mission on Wednesday afternoon in the Passaic River when a boat that had three people on board that got caught in the current and went over the Dundee Dam. One of the three firefighters...

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A scrap metal helicopter and blooming heather

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381952) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Mar 23

The photo was taken in Boddington, Western Australia, on our way home from a school reunion. The ‘helicopter’ is made from scrap material but isn’t it cleverly done? The rest of this discussion is about something else...

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Huckleberry picker rescued by helicopter crew after he went missing in Idaho

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 29 Jul 22

Kuy Lohn who was working in his line of work as a huckleberry picker in Idaho who went missing on Thursday in Boundary County Idaho is one lucky man since he had the good fortune of some hikers who heard the story about him...

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A rescue story from the mountains in New Mexico

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 Jan 22

A 50 year old woman who was stranded in the LaDrones Mountains in Socorro County in Mexico after a concerned person called the authorities to report the incident. Thanks to a Socorro County deputy and a paramedic who assisted the...

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U S Coast Guard rescue story of 3 people in California

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 24 Aug 21

Three persons who were in need of being rescued when they were stranded on the face of a steep cliff near Muir Beach California are grateful that a helicopter from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) on a Saturday evening. It is...

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Weird!

DE @DaddyEvil (174335) • United States 27 May 21

The house just shook enough to cause the interior doors to rattle on their hinges... When we looked outside there was a helicopter hovering over the house with searchlights shining down into our back yard. Come on, 'fess up......

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Fantastic Flight - I Love Flying (and other stories of my antics)

pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8876) • United Kingdom 23 May 21

Well hello to you. I do hope that you're all well. After not being able to do much for a while, we seem to have suddenly been caught in a glut of doing stuff all at once. Last Tuesday, my best friend came round with an early...

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Have you ever travel with an helicopter before and how was your experience ?

wildlittlefan @wildlittlefan (4680) • Hong Kong 6 Apr 21

Sometimes, I do think of flying in the sky but my dream has already fulfilled each time when I travel by plane. However, each time when I look at anyone who seems to have fun with the helicopter, I would love to try it as well. It...

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How do you like James Bond movies ?

wildlittlefan @wildlittlefan (4680) • Hong Kong 29 Mar 21

I still remember that I enjoy watching an old 007 movie called you only live twice. I enjoy seeing how James Bond fought with the four helicopters with his mini-super power helicopter in near the volcano. At the same time, I enjoy...

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Gunshots in the Night

Jo Ann @akalinus (44366) • United States 7 Dec 20

I was just drifting off to dreamland Saturday night around midnight. Suddenly, five gunshots rang out somewhere near where I live. A few minutes later, sirens pierced the night. Shortly after that, a helicopter was circling my...

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Utah County Deputy rewarded for rescuing a couple who were in a fire

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122103) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 16 Jul 20

Utah County Sheriff's Office deputy John Thomas is happy that his superiors rewarded him for his actions to save a man and a woman who were fleeing a fire after their truck was trapped in a ravine last month. The couple allegedly...

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