Edhat Staff
By edhat staff
A 70-year-old male was airlifted from Santa Cruz Island after becoming fatigued on a trail Wednesday afternoon.
At 12:04 p.m., Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBCFD) firefighters, paramedics, and an air support unit assisted the National Park Service with the rescue.
Crews responded to a trail above Chinese Harbor for a fatigued male in his seventies, reports Scott Safechuck, SBCFD spokesperson.
They initiated a hoist trail rescue and airlifted the victim to an awaiting park service Ranger vehicle to “prevent a medical emergency event,” said Safechuck. The patient is expected to return to Ventura using the Island Packers ferry.
SBC ASU H964 assisted a 70yo fatigued male on trail above Chinese Harbor. Male subject hoist rescued with FF/PM and air lifted to an awaiting NPS Ranger vehicle to prevent a medical emergency event. He would return via Island Packers to Ventura. pic.twitter.com/DxspoyBcnI
— Scott Safechuck (@SBCFireInfo) June 15, 2022
MadLib-Have one thanks and looking into accountability vs. criticism here with obvious failure to be seen hence such a swift and rash response. There was no medical emergency, how does a response of this nature become initiated for a tired hiker? Me thinks some important details have been left out here from the brief tweet. First question, why was the subject close to a road and couldn’t be picked up by vehicle or side-by-side based on where the helicopter lowered somebody in to get the subject. Then went to land at the old Navy site and then went to hoist the medic back up and return to SB for fuel before going back to SY. (the facts are in the flight info folks, clear as day)
Yeah, pretty clear they’re covering something massive up. Who was this “hiker?” Russian intelligence agent? Saudi royalty? Yes yes, something is amiss here. Good sleuthing! I’ll be researching and investigating this one personally. Put on the coffee pot…. going to be a long day!
I appreciate the welcome to the circus, I can see what they mean when they say that this is the place for community clowns. You folks have fun here, what a joke!
We are the “community clowns?” Is that what they say in Montecito, “Montecito Matt?”
MM, I agree with you. And I’ve gotten my share of downvotes as well. Big time. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and it’s good Edhat still allows a forum.
Fatigued is another word for tired, can we expect a helicopter if we call while hiking and get tired? Just because a helicopter/firefighter got him back to the boat on time so he wouldn’t miss it, does this make it a worthwhile use of the county’s multi-million dollar UH-60L firefighting aircraft in which hourly operating costs run between $2k & $4k /hr? Why couldn’t the CINP ranger hike/ride/drive out to the “soon to be victim” and prevent the same “soon to be medical emergency?”
Montecito Matt- Criticizing a 70 year old for needing assistance. Get a life pal.