Dramatic video captured the helicopter rescue of a hiking couple who ran out of water in Joshua Tree amid a triple-digit heat wave in California.
A man called 911 from an area known as Painted Canyon on June 9 and reported that his girlfriend was weak and dehydrated, the Riverside County Sheriff's Office wrote in a social media post.
The department's Rescue 9 helicopter was sent to the hikers' location and rescuers saw the couple huddled together in a dry creek bed. The man could be seen trying to protect the woman's body from the scorching heat and wind.
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Riverside County Sheriff's Department video captured a man protecting his dehydrated girlfriend from the scorching heat and wind after the couple ran out of water in Joshua Tree on June 9. (Riverside County Sheriff's Office via AP)
The two were loaded one by one into the helicopter and flown to a nearby landing zone. There, the department said, an aeromedical helicopter took the woman to a hospital “due to her serious condition.”
The department told SFGATE the man was transported by ambulance to receive medical care.
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According to the National Weather Service, the Painted Canyon area experienced high temperatures ranging from 100 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
This week, the agency issued Excessive Heat Warnings and Advisories throughout California's Central Valley and Desert Southwest.
The couple was loaded onto a helicopter one by one and taken to area hospitals, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said. (Riverside County Sheriff's Office)
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Nearly 19 million people in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and southern Texas received these warnings (the most extreme form of heat alerts issued by the NWS) last week.
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“Remember, as temperatures rise, drink more water than you think you will need, have a hiking plan and tell two people where you are going,” the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said in its social media post. social.
