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A helicopter rescue in phoenix turned into a terrifying ordeal for a 75-year-old hiker. the video tells the whole story here. the woman had to be rescued after falling and hitting her face and her head. when the rescue chopper arrived, the pilot began to lift her up and then air turbulence from the chopper's rotor caused the rescue basket to spin wildly. look at that! wildly! they eventually stopped the spinning and safely hoisted the woman onboard. >> sometimes if we're in a canyon, if it's a strong, windy day, it will spin on us. it doesn't happen very often, but sometimes it just does. and ...

Good morning, peter. >> good morning, shannon, and we are starting to hear from some of these pilots who have been out on the rescue missions, we have seen videos of them saving hundreds of thousands of different people in different neighborhoods, something really interesting to think about, a lot of these pilots are coming from places outside of texas, they are not necessarily familiar with the lay of the land, and some of the aircraft that they are flying are older, don't necessarily have all of the newer parts, i spoke to someone this morning who said that they were in an area unfamiliar wi...

People down there to rescue? >> reporter: so as you can see now they're sending the basket back down. i assume to bring one more person up. >> watching this scene play out you see the two dogs obviously unnerved by the noise of the helicopter, but happy -- happy to be in safety. remarkable scene. after so many days of struggle, good to see some happy faces including beautiful pets. continuing, the rescue basket lowered down again as anderson just told us. >> reporter: the basket is now back on the roof. now a second person is getting the basket. eric is telling the pilots of a second survivor ...

>> again, the skies over a neighborhood in beaumont, texas. remarkable work by the united states coast guard. the engineer reaching down pulling up the cable. we expect any second now to see the rescue swimmer sent down to coordinate all of this. dropped a few moments ago. end of the last hour. into this neighborhood in beaumont as this coast guard team flies throughout the neighborhood, looking down, looking for people with a signal that they need help. >> reporter: i'm sorry? repeat that. so they still haven't brought back the rescue swimmer, eric galant. they're asking the second person the...

In the basket. and eric is also giving a word to the pilot to move a little bit to the right to hold position directly above where the basket is. eric has said the basket cleared the roof. still not clear of the trees. they have to be very careful that the basket, tries to stay steady. so obviously the basket doesn't hit any trees, and now a second person is coming back up.