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Mesa police announced Monday that they had used a helicopter to rescue a homeless man from the Salt River bottom after he found himself stranded due to rushing water. Last Thursday evening, a citizen reported to police that they’d heard calls for help coming from the river bottom just north of Sloan Park, according to a release from Mesa police. Heavy rain earlier in the week had created a buildup of water that was released into the Salt River Thursday. Officers found the man, who had been living in the river bottom, on some debris near the north side of the river bottom, according to Mesa PD. He said he had used a makeshift raft to retrieve some of his belongings after the water rushed though, but he had been swept downstream.
Mesa police say he told them the current was too fast for him to make it back to shore, and he was already weak and having difficulty staying on the debris. Police called in a helicopter and determined that the aircraft was their best chance of reaching the man. The senior pilot took over and guided the helicopter down toward the man, who grabbed the landing bar on the aircraft. The helicopter picked him up and put him down on the shoreline, police said. Medics were able to help the man and found no signs of significant injury from the incident.
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holy shit…supanice skill pilot
holy shit dude, that was the best helicopter piloting ive ever seen
We're just gonna ignore the fact he was literally 3 feet away from land in calm water?
Why a helicopter? So much shit could have easily gone wrong. That is like the most dangerous solution possible. What's wrong with bringing a heavy duty rope to pull him to shore with a firefighter? I mean, even another healthy man could have helped him to shore without a shore. There was barely any current too. Ugh, pathetic.
I’m surprised the rotor wash didn’t knock him off!
A tow truck could have done that for $100
"Has he grabbed on yet?"
"Yeah, he's hangin' on the rail."
"Let's give him a tour of the city" <dukes of hazzard theme music>
Reminds me of SOAR
Impressive work but wouldn't a rope tossed from that officer do the same job?
My fat ass would either fall, or pull the heli into the water.
A lot of people have said how can he hold onto the skid yet not be strong enough to swim have clearly never heard of adrenaline.
"A man has fallen into the river in lego city!"
The action starts at 0:00
how can a strong young man be homeless. i can not understand
Dude couldn't wade 20 feet to shore and yet could hang from a helicopter skid? Come on, man.
The dude was like 20 ft from dry land in waist high water and a helicopter was the best solution? Yeah I am jumping in the comments. I don't care what the description says. I have two eyes.
why didn't he just walk the 10 feet to the shore??
Wasn't he in waist-deep water, 20 feet from the shore? I guess he just wanted to find out what the hub-bub of a helicopter rescue felt like. Awwww.
A MAN HAS FALLEN IN A RIVER IN LEGO CITY
Was it not like 15 feet to land?
That helochopter pilot had some juevos rancheros
Hobo river jeasus has risen!
Pilot was a bit of a badass there
What heroics to bring that helicopter down so low to rescue another human being!!!
He went full Tom Cruise.
Dude couldn't swim 15ft? Pilot was showing off and risking thousands of dollars and lives for 15 ft? I'd had to see his paper work that night.
The mother ship took him away
CrossFit challenge?
Looked kinda like ice posidon.
That pilot has got some skill.
Best thumbnail ever
suspect jumps into lake to escape police part 2.
Pilot was a bit of a badass there