ICYMI: VAI Webinars—A USCG Pilot Recounts a Harrowing Cliff Rescue On Mar. 22, 2025, two hikers were stranded on a rugged Northern California cliff, one injured and barely holding on with hiking poles. The other was stuck nearby. A US Coast Guard MH-65E Dolphin crew was called in to help. But this was no ordinary cliff rescue. At our Jul. 31 VAI Webinar, a US Coast Guard pilot in command and rescue swimmer talk with VAI’s Chuck Street, Western US regional representative, about the harrowing rescue near Shelter Cove, California, and how careful and close coordination between multiple agencies saved two lives and ensured the USCG aircrew’s safe return to base. Watch a recording of the Jul. 31 webinar to learn more.
