it s time for the good stuff. stunning new video shows a risky rescue in san mateo, california. a california highway patrol helicopter crew rescued a man stranded on the face of a cliff. you re seeing a flight officer paramedic being lowered from the helicopter on a tether to the shirtless man who was 500 feet down a 900-foot cliff. not sure why his shirt-wearing s status was a factor. you can see him lifted to safety. no injuries reported there. joining us now, flight officer paramedic david arias, who was part of this incredible rescue team. david, just walk us through what happened there. hi, john. thank you so much for having me on the show. this happened this past
dismissing vaccinated soldiers, are any of them on high alert to go to in terms of the army, who they re discharging with respect to the vaccine mandate, but i expect there s privacy concerns there, so i don t want to speak for the army, but i don t know if thaw i ll be able to give you this level of specify ti. it remains a readiness issue. vaccines work, and we want everybody to take them and to keep safe, to keep their units safe. as for the helicopter crew, my understanding is that they re all fine. as we said at the top, there were no u.s. casualties, and that would include the helicopter crew. it wasn t a crash landing. they landed safely. again, it was a drivetrain issue that rendered that helicopter unusable for the rest of the operation. so obviously it was destroyed, but the crew are safe and sound.
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