rooftop rescue
Helicopter saves stranded
A rooftop rescue is an emergency extraction of people from the top of a building, typically by helicopter during floods, fires, or other disasters that make ground-level escape impossible.
The term evokes dramatic footage of survivors waving from rooftops as aircraft approach: Coast Guard helicopters performed dozens of rooftop rescues after the hurricane.
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- news helicopterAircraft for aerial journalism
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- life or deathMaximally high stakes
firefighter · stranded · height · skyline · ledge · harness · rappel · smoke · smoke inhalation · flames · building · high rise · fire escape · broken window · siren · hero · dramatic · edge
- air rescuemedevac, air ambulance, airlift, life flight, medevac helicopter
rooftop rescueabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
leaving behind · desertion · neglect · stranding · non-intervention
roof, roofs, roofed, roofing, roofer, tops, topped, topping, rescue