Hiker rescue near Newport, Ore

A Coast Guard aircrew from Sector North Bend, paramedics from Depoe Bay Fire and Rescue and the injured hiker's father carry the immobilized hiker in a stokes litter across tide pools below a cliff to an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter in Whale Cove, Ore., Jan. 2, 2018..

Due to the tree height and a strong east wind over the steep terrain, the aircrew was unable to hoist the hiker from the cliff and conducted the medevac from the cove shelf 100-fee below the cliff instead. They were working against time as the incoming tide would soon flood this area.
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The hiker had reportedly suffered seizures and Coast Guard assistance was requested after local rescuers were unable to transport him from the cliff to the nearby hospital..