Dramatic rescue of Australian hiker stranded in Arizona’s icy mountains caught on video

SIERRA VISTA, Arizona. – Crew from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last week rescued an Australian tourist after he was stranded in the icy mountains.

Air and Maritime Operations (AMO) dispatched a UH-60 crew to the Huachuca Mountains in Sierra Vista on Friday to search for the man, CBP reported.

Cochise County The sheriff’s office that filed the search request was looking for Australian citizen who stuck on Thursday.

The crew was unable to begin operations until Friday morning because weather prevented a launch on Thursday evening, CBP said.

AMO crew members located the hiker and carried out a rescue operation on the lift. The traveler, whose identity has not been released, was brought downstairs to await evaluation by deputies and emergency personnel.

A video of the dramatic rescue was released by CBP.

“It could have been a tragic fatal outcome, if not for the zeal of the agents,” Tucson Air Branch was informed by Norman Montgomery.

CBP said its AMO agents saved 60 people this fiscal year.

Last month, a climber in Arizona was rescued from a steep spire after her. foot stuck in a crack in the rock and dropped it about 200 feet off the ground.

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