21st Century Rescues
A woman has multiple injuries after falling 20 feet on Wales’s highest peak; a child goes missing on a busy beach; and a small team stretcher an injured man over a fast-flowing river.
Documentary series following the dedicated rescue teams based in the stunning but extreme landscape of Eryri, North Wales. Many of the 4 million people who visit Eryri each year head for the area’s most famous hotspots. Like Yr Wyddfa - or Snowdon - Wales and England’s highest peak. In this episode, an August bank holiday weekend means visitors are out in their droves, so it’s no surprise when a call for help comes in. A woman has suffered head and back injuries after falling 20 feet from a popular walking route. She’s in severe pain - so Mountain Rescue and the Coastguard helicopter must battle the crowds to get her to hospital as quickly as possible.
Next, when the sun comes out, visitors also flock to Eryri’s spectacular coastline. At the popular beach destination of Bermo, or Barmouth, Coastguard volunteers are gearing up for a busy day - and when a child goes missing by the water, there’s no time to lose. And Eryri’s rivers, gorges and waterfalls are also a magnet for people keen to cool off. But rescue callouts here need teams with a highly specialised skillset. In this rescue, a 24 year old man is badly injured after jumping in the river near tourist hotspot, Betws y Coed. With the Coastguard helicopter unable to winch down to him and other Mountain Rescue team members already tied up on callouts, a small group of six must call on all their skills to get the casualty, in a stretcher, across the fast-flowing river.
