CDS and Salvadoran AirForce Prepare for Holy Week

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Comandos de Salvamento and the Salvadoran Airforce again collaborated together in rescue excercises Majahual Beach . According to the “script”, two vacationers were swept away by ocean waves in an area known as the reventazón. A Comando rescue swimmer accesses the victims by jumping from a Vietnam era UH helicopter and via rescue bungee, is lifted from the water and flown to the beach into the hands of higher qualified medical personell. Both patients are triaged and one is medivaced to a Hospital in San Salvador.  Photos: Francisco Campos/CDS

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