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CBP Air and Marine Operations Aircrew Conducts a Rescue Mission

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs - Visual Communications Division

Sept. 7, 2017 | 1:35

A Caribbean-based Air and Marine Operations aircrew conducts a rescue mission on Jost Van Dyke island, British Virgin Islands. This video depicts a hoist operator deploying a rescue specialist (who is also an Air and Marine Emergency Medical Service member and EMT) onto the beach to rescue a stranded resident. The resident sustained significant injuries as a result of Hurricane Irma. The hoist operator extracts the rescue specialist and subject safely back into the helicopter. September 7, 2017.