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Being a winch operator is not for the faint hearted. You're standing on the skids of a rescue helicopter literally holding someone's life in your hands.

Wayne was the winch operator involved in rescuing Rob, who was trapped in a boat. It wasn't easy, as Wayne explains.

"𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗼 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗯’𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

“𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿.”

Rob has shared his rescue story for this year's Chopper Appeal. It's one you don't want to miss.

Read about Rob's rescue here: https://www.airrescue.co.nz/stories/trapped-under-water-a-truly-life-saving-mission/

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