Health & Fitness
WATCH: NYPD Rescues Hiker Bitten By Rattlesnake
Cops in a helicopter plucked the woman from the woods and rushed her to a hospital.
NEW YORK CITY – A hiker bitten by a rattlesnake was plucked out of a New York state park Saturday by an NYPD special operations unit in a helicopter. The dramatic rescue was captured on video.
The woman was struck by the state's largest venomous snake, the timber rattlesnake, as she walked through Harriman State Park in Rockland County.
The NYPD's aviation unit lowered officers through the trees who fastened the hiker onto a stretcher fitted with an extrication bag and hoisted her out of the woods. The woman was taken to Montefiore Nyack hospital where she is expected to recover, police said.
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Her identify was not revealed by police.
When every minutes counts...
Yesterday, @NYPDSpecialops responded to Harriman State Park where a hiker had been bitten by a rattlesnake. They quickly hoisted the victim out & airlifted her to the hospital.
Just another example of the lifesaving work done everyday. pic.twitter.com/RQt4AmGTtR
— Commissioner Shea (@NYPDShea) June" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/NYPDShea/s... 27, 2020
Read the state's Timber Rattlesnake Fact Sheet here.
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With reporting by Lanning Tallaferro/Patch
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