Christmas eve tragedy

A rescue gone wrong.

Canyoning is not what I'd call an extreme sport, people die canyoning but usually in flash floods. Plenty of people have accidents bushwalking and rock climbing, I wouldn't call them extreme sports, either.

A NSW Paramedic died on Christmas eve when he was smashed into a cliff face while on winch, rescuing an injured patient. An incident occurred and the winch line had to be cut. The story is that the helicopter was not in danger, which is the only circumstance I would imagine would prompt releasing the winch line.

Michael Wilson, 42, who had more than fifteen years experience as a paramedic, leaves his wife Kellie and their children, Eliza, Grace and Hugo.

The injured canyoner is in hospital in a stable condition.

Take care putting up the decorations!

Or this could be you!

Helicopter evacuation

No thanks.

I'll drink the draino.


*Some of the humour going around at work...

Anzac Day Helicopter crash Wellington NZ

Three people are dead and one is seriously injured after a fatal crash of an Iroquois military helicopter north of Wellington.

TV NZ

Concerned

When I heard this on the news today I was quite concerned.

All I could think of was:

Q: Why does a Lada have a demister in the back window?

A: So that the people helping to push it don't get frozen hands.

and

Q: Why does Lada have a wiper on the back window?

A: So the people pushing it can see where to go.

Then I saw this, and heard that the Antonov was just transporting the cargo.

Somewhere I have a photo of the Antonov. I saw one at Avalon in Victoria at the first Airshow down there in the early 90s.