The following was in today's (9/6/2012) Ridgecrest Daily Independent. There's a photo in the picture, which the description implies.
A rescuer sits in a helicopter during training for night rescues. The Kern County Fire Department received a request for helicopter rescue support from the Tulare County Sheriff's Office at approx 6:30 PM. The patient was located in the Maggie Lakes area, approximately 25 miles NE of Porterville at an elevation above 6000'. The patient was reported as a 14 year old male suffering from altitude sickness, accompanied by his father. The initial rescue request came from a hiker who happened upon the father and son while hiking off the mountain. It took the hiker nine hours to reach cell service and notify emergency services. Helicopter 408 and rescue crew departed Keene Helibase and arrived in the Maggie Lakes area at 7:35 p.m. The sun was just setting and the crew used their night vision goggles (NVGs) to assist in locating the victim, just North of Maggie Lakes at 8700' elevation. The victim actually turned out to be the 41 year old father; he was hoisted into the helicopter and flown to a ground ambulance at Porterville airport. The Helicopter 408 Rescuer remained with the 14 year old son until H-408 returned and picked them both up from Maggie Lakes and delivered the boy to a Tulare County Sheriff's Deputy at Porterville airport.
