"I was quite amazed that he refused to be rescued. I
have been working on the helicopter for nearly 15 years and
although I have seen people reluctant to be rescued, I have never
met anyone who flatly refused."
Source: Westpac Rescue Helicopter crewman Dave
Greenberg, after a diver stranded on a rock off the coast of
Wellington refused to be taken aboard a rescue helicopter due to
the man's fear of heights. The man was later rescued -- by a
boat.