14 hilarious reactions to the helicopter rescue with a twist
When a 74-year-old hiker fell and needed to be rescued, she must have been relieved to be strapped safely onto the stretcher, ready for winching into the emergency helicopter, but what happened next looked frankly terrifying.
WILD HELICOPTER RESCUE: Firefighters say a 74-year-old woman had to be flown off of Piestewa Peak this morning after she suffered an injury while hiking.
STORY: https://t.co/H4HavJnsgn pic.twitter.com/2FPQR0qiZ9
— FOX 10 Phoenix (@FOX10Phoenix) June 4, 2019
They’re definitely not supposed to do that, no matter what kind of a spin the rescuers want to put on the story. The injured woman suffered no long-term effects from the bizarre twist, and people have been having their say on the incident.
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THERAPIST: what do you fear more than death
ME: https://t.co/ADaHMiL0RA— shauna (@goldengateblond) June 4, 2019
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Pilot: It's over now, you've been rescued, everything will be ok.
God: Wait. pic.twitter.com/22rI6m5Rw8
— cluedont (@cluedont) June 5, 2019
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I see a lot of people laughing at this but it’s not funny – as a helicopter expert I can tell that this is a fear response, a helicopter only does this when it perceives a threat https://t.co/PfzbfwNo3v
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) June 5, 2019
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a lot of people acting like they've never seen a helicopter rescue team centrifuge the rattlesnake venom right out of an old lady's body with the only tools they have available
— thomas violence (@thomas_violence) June 4, 2019
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https://twitter.com/boring_as_heck/status/1136110973805355008
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Poor helicopter had to be life flighted pic.twitter.com/QU1qWMjrNq
— Angelベラ (@AngelCo_) June 5, 2019
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