LOS ANGELES — An Orange County swift water rescue team on Saturday successfully airlifted to safety a woman who was trapped and clinging to a tree in a creek bed overwhelmed by rushing waters.
The county’s Fire Authority received a distress call at 3:28 p.m. and dispatched an air and ground crew to a flooded creek near the 24400 block of Christina Court in Laguna Hills.
A helicopter crew member was able to pluck the woman out of the rushing water using a harness. The woman was then hoisted to a clear landing where firefighters and paramedics were waiting, said Orange County Fire Authority Captain Thanh Nguyen.
