Officer dangling from helicopter plucks stranded dog from Northern California seaside cliff
Source: AP-Fox
SANTA ROSA, Calif. A rescue worker dangling from a helicopter plucked a stranded dog from a Northern California seaside cliff.
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Department reported Sunday that a black Labrador named Oreo somehow made its way half-way down a 90-foot cliff along the county's Pacific coast and couldn't get back up. With the surf pounding below, a descent was not an option. So the department's helicopter dubbed "Henry-1" was called in.
The dog was perched on a 2-foot square ledge when the helicopter crew arrived shortly before 2 p.m. PST Saturday at Portugese Beach, about 70 miles north of San Francisco and about 20 miles east of Santa Rosa.
After the scared dog refused entreaties to climb back up, the decision was made to dangle a sheriff's deputy about 100-feet below the helicopter. After determining the dog wasn't spooked by the noise of the helicopter, the dangling deputy was able to attach a rope to the dog's harness and pull it to safety after about three minutes in the air.
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,642 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)They are awesome. It was amazing to me just to watch them train.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)JudyM
(29,251 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)That was scary!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)calimary
(81,326 posts)AWWWW poor doggie! Glad it's safe! Thanks for posting this, OKNancy!
mountain grammy
(26,626 posts)itsrobert
(14,157 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)yikes...that video! my stomach got queasy first time watching it...
cui bono
(19,926 posts)NO!
secondvariety
(1,245 posts)Good job, deputy.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)maindawg
(1,151 posts)Diremoon
(86 posts)I like all animals, but I have a real soft spot for dogs, particularly Labradors. The people involved in this rescue have my gratitude.
blue sky at night
(3,242 posts)and for a dog, I really admire them and am proud to say my son is serving in the Army and is going to be one of them! Thanks so much for posting this, it made my day! I would have given anything also to get that labrador down from his perch.