What were some of the heroic aspects of the survivors/rescuers on Mt. Hood?
In my opinion, the hero on Mount Hood that day was the pilot of the rescue helicopter, who cut the cable to the victim’s stretcher and pulled back from the ridge lest he crash on the rescuers, volunteers and remaining victims who were standing on the Hog Back ridge below the Bergschrund. His helicopter rotor slashed into the snow and the machine began a spectacular slide, rolling several times over a tethered crewmen at the open door before a horrified audience on national television, photographed from the long lenses of several news helicopters which were hovering nearby.
