Monday 3 October 2022 02:42 AM Coast Guard crew makes heroic rescues on Florida's Sanibel Island after ... trends now
Incredible footage has been released by the U.S. Coast Guard as they soared over Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian and flew around rescuing people from the driveway of their homes.
Video released by the U.S. Coast Guard sees an heroic MH-65 Dolphin Crew fly to Sanibel Island which was essentially cut off after Hurricane Ian's wind and storm surge tore it to shreds.
It prompted a massive rescue effort, some of which have been captured in a video posted online by the rescuers.
Wearing a GoPro on his helmet, Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Kilbane is lowered into one of the neighborhoods ravaged by the storm to find a young man by the name of Colin, together with his grandmother, standing in the driveway of their home alongside the family dog.
U.S. Coast Guard shows a Miami-based aircrew in a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescue several people from cut off Sanibel Island in southwest Florida
A number of rescues are depicted including one of a grandmother, grandson and their dog
Tyler tells the young man that he did a good job signaling for help from the ground
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The family appear delighted that rescuers have finally come to their aide
The grandmother is next to be placed into the rescue basket
The woman clings on tight before being hoisted up into the helicopter
'You did good!' Kilbane told the pair as he commended them for getting the attention of the crew using a reflector.
The guardsman asks them if they knew of anyone else had been left in the neighborhood, to which the residents answer that they did not.
The woman was the first to be placed into the rescue basket which was then hoisted into the chopper a few hundred feet above.
Kilbane then came back to retrieve the pet dog together with grandson Colin who were next to climb into the basket to be airlifted to safety.
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Kilbane gives the signal for the basket to be raised up
