On Sunday, May 11, 2014 at approximately 2:30 p.m., the New York City Police Departments Aviation Unit was requested to assist in the rescue of a female hiker with a broken ankle and stranded on a cliff located near the Hudson River approximately 2 miles north the Alpine Tower (Alpine, NJ). Air Sea Rescue 14 and Aviation 19 were then dispatched to the location and located the victim who was approximately 200 feet up from the bottom of the cliff and in the company of members of the Piermont Volunteer Fire Department. With Aviation 19 assuming the command and control position during the rescue operation, Air Sea Rescue, piloted by Police Officer Seth Levinstein, positioned itself alongside the steep inclined cliff, and hovered approximately 50 feet above the victim before lowering Police Officer Edgar Burroughs, one of the crew chiefs aboard Air Sea Rescue 14, using the hoist, to the victim. Police Officer Burroughs, with the assistance of the Piermont Fire Department, was then able to transfer the aided onto an NYPD rescue basket while still on the cliff before stabilizing the victim and hoisting her onto Air Sea Rescue 14 who remained in a hover position approximately 50 feet above. Police Officer Burroughs was then hoisted onto Air Sea Rescue before airlifting the victim to Nyack Hospital in stable condition with a broken left ankle. Video is courtesy of the NYPD
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 13:41:53 +0000
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