Helicopter Rescue in Foggy Mountains

Seattle News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 27, 2026 · 1m

At 4:45 AM on a foggy Friday, Navy helicopter pilot Victoria Weckenbrock and her team launched into a perilous mountain rescue after a car plunged 250 feet—turning what was thought to be a four-person emergency into a single, critically injured survivor pinned under debris for over nine hours. Battling low visibility and steep cliffs, they used ground strobe lights to locate the crash site and executed a daring hoist operation, rappelling down to secure the hypothermic victim before lifting him into the helicopter. Flying him directly to Harborview Hospital, Weckenbrock’s crew delivered…