YOUNG WOMAN IN IMMEDIATE LIFE-THREATENING DANGER RESCUED BY A MILITARY HELICOPTER PILOT

The rescue operation in the “Zingaro” Oriented Natural Reserve (TP) was carried out by a HH-139A of the 82nd C.S.A.R. of Trapani. An 82nd Airborne Center crew C.S.A.R. (Combat Search and Rescue – Search and Rescue) of the 15th Wing the Air Force intervened in the late evening for To recover a 16-year-old girl in imminent danger of life at the “Zingaro” Oriented Natural Reserve near San Vito Lo Capo (TP). The 82nd Rescue Center is one of the Departments of the 15th Air Force, which guarantees, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the search and rescue of flight crews in difficulty, while also contributing to public utility activities such as searching for missing persons at sea or in the mountains, transporting seriously ill patients in life-threatening danger, and providing emergency medical assistance to traumatized victims, operating in any weather condition. Since its establishment to date, the crews of the 15th Air Force have saved more than 7300 people in life-threatening danger.