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helicopter's powerful rotor. he uses hand signals to communicate to b.a.r.t. after swinging past the woman a couple times, de marto is able to grab hold of the rock. >> i'm using the force to keep him pinned against the rock. >> i was able to get enough footing so i could get my body close to her. >> demarto is screaming to the woman not to let go as he gets the rescue strap ready. >> i don't want her to change anything until i cab can get that rescue strope on her. >> she's too terrified to let go of the rock face. >> she'd been hanging on to that rock face for two hours. she didn't want to let go. she had her hand attached to that little piece of granite in that little cave area there. she had a death grip on it. i had to pry her fingers off that granite twice. >> demarto is able to slip the rescue strope around the woman.
once the woman is firmly attached to him, de marto gives crew chief a quick hand signal and up they go. the woman clings to demarto. >> she had a bear hug on me. where normally i have a bear hug on the victim. she wanted off that cliff in a bad way. >> within seconds, they've reached the helicopter. the crew pulls the woman in followed by demarto. >> she was thanking me before i was even able to get the rescue strope off. >> only later does the sheriff's department learn that the woman is anemic and was close to losing consciousness and falling off the cliff face. >> she said she was trying to think of a way to stay conscious. she started like screaming and singing songs just trying to not lose consciousness. as she started singing these songs about being rescued, she sees the helicopter come into view almost like it's a dream. >> lucky for her, that was no dream.