"The winds were around 35 knots and made the flight
quick but made the winch rescue quite challenging. It was
quite tricky maintaining a hover over the divers, but we managed to
get the divers off the rock, one at a time, quickly...
Once they were both on shore we checked them and they were
unhurt, but very grateful to be back on solid land".
Source: Wellington (NZ)'s Westpac Helo
rescue Pilot Harry Stevenson, talking about the Christmas Eve
rescue of two divers that were being swept out to sea when he, and
two fellow crewmen, affected their rescue.
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