LICKING, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has used a new helicopter rescue technique to save two hunters stranded in high water in southern Missouri. The patrol says a helicopter …
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LICKING, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has used a new helicopter rescue technique to save two hunters stranded in high water in southern Missouri. The patrol says a helicopter equipped with a short-haul rescue line pulled 54-year-old Keith Duckworth and 53-year-old Wayne Arling to safety Thursday in Texas County near Boiling Springs. The men are from St. Louis and one uses a wheelchair. Duckworth was taken to a St. Louis area hospital for evaluation and treatment for exposure. The Department of Public Safety says the patrol began training for this type of rescue a year ago. After arriving near the scene, the helicopter flew in with a rescue worker dangling from a 100-foot cord. A harness was strapped to the stranded men, who were flown out one at a time.
