This is amazing U.S. Coast Guard footage. B-roll of Air Station Houston HH-65C rescue helicopter crew pulling citizens out of flood waters on a rescue mission along Bolivar Peninsula during Hurricane Ike along the south eastern Texas coast line. Scenes include rescue worker being lowered from a helicopter to rescue civilians trapped by flood waters.
A little trivia for you: After Hurricane Katrina, the only U.S. government entity rescuing the victims within minutes after the storm was the U.S. Coast Guard. They were the first to rescue victims and they never let up.
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Anonymous // September 13, 2008 at 5:55 pm |
what happened?
swimmer didn’t come back up.
ngr // September 14, 2008 at 1:25 am |
Pretty sure I know which rescue this was- Last person was safely hoisted up- all 7 successfuly rescued
RJ // April 18, 2009 at 1:33 pm |
I knew 3 of these people. All were OK but it shows you…we can’t be too careful when listening to & reacting to news reports; they left 5-6 hrs before storm surge was to be a problem! Water is non-forgiving.