Video Release: Coast Guard helicopter crew rescues Fire/Rescue team member and 16-year-old girl in separate cases

ASTORIA, Ore. — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., rescued both a Cannon Beach, Ore., Fire/Rescue team member from a rip current at Cannon Beach and a 16-year-old girl from a cliff at Cascade Head near Tillamook Bay, Ore., in two separate cases Wednesday.

The helicopter crew was conducting training with Cannon Beach Fire/Rescue when a female rescue team member slipped from her jet ski into a rip current, which began to carry her toward some rocks. A Coast Guard rescue swimmer was deployed from the helicopter and managed to help the woman into a rescue basket, which was then hoisted into the helicopter. The helicopter crew had only just taken the rescue team member to shore when Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay received a report from local 911 that a 16-year-old girl was trapped on a cliff at Cascade Head.

The helicopter crew was diverted to Cascade Head where their swimmer was deployed to rescue the girl from the cliff. The girl was taken to the nearby beach where she was examined by Tillamook County Fire/Rescue workers for injuries.

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