Night-vision goggles lead to historic overnight rescue on North Shore
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. -- North Shore Rescue (NSR) is crediting brand new night-vision technology with saving two stranded hikers on Mount Seymour early Thursday morning. The rescue team was the first volunteer rescue force in Canada approved for a pilot project earlier this month that allows members to use night-vision goggles. The ground-breaking technology enables rescuers to perform aerial searches well after sunset, and was instrumental in helping save two hikers from spending a freezing night on the mountain. “A team of NSR members were doing some training flying at night with ...
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