A CBP Air and Marine Operations helicopter aircrew rescued an injured woman who became trapped on a mountain range near the Arizona border with Mexico.
Arizona Air Coordination Center dispatchers received a 911 call from a woman claiming to be injured in the Baboquivari Mountains near the Mexican border on June 5. Aircrew members of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the Tucson Air Branch rushed to the scene to find the 37-year-old Guatemalan woman.
The rescue specialist triaged the injured woman and prepared to hoist her to the helicopter with an Air Rescue Vest, officials reported. After the successful hoist extraction, the aircrew flew the woman to the San Miguel Forward Operating Base.
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