Time capsule: Helicopter team practices at BC3
The Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team practices a water rescue on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at Butler County Community College. Butler Eagle file photo
Beyond the facade of a quiet summer day on the Butler County Community College campus, emergency crews trained for worst-case natural disaster scenarios at the college's Public Safety Training Center on July 17, 2013.
About 40 members of the Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team practiced hoisting people from dangerous areas, simulating four different disaster situations. Two UH-60 Black Hawk aircraft deftly moved people from water and wilderness settings, simulating what could happen in a real emergency during a flash flood.
The group had not yet been involved in a real emergency, but members had been training for about a year to that point.
