{"id":97899,"date":"2025-02-24T14:47:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T19:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/?post_type=survivor-stories&#038;p=97899"},"modified":"2025-02-24T14:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T19:47:41","slug":"from-danger-to-safety-locator-beacons-role-during-hurricane-helenes-rescue","status":"publish","type":"survivor-stories","link":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/uk\/survivor-stories\/from-danger-to-safety-locator-beacons-role-during-hurricane-helenes-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"From Chaos to Rescue: The Locator Beacon\u2019s Impact During Hurricane Helene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After moving to Black Mountain, North Carolina, I purchased a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/products\/resqlink-400\/\">ResQLink400<\/a> beacon for safety. Little did I know, I would rely on it for an emergency right at home during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/ilm\/Helene2024\">Hurricane Helene<\/a>. A devastating mudslide blocked access to my property and trapped several people, including an injured individual and one who was unreachable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After receiving an evacuation notice and assessing the impossible conditions, I made the decision to stay. Soon, I discovered the two people were trapped\u2014one seriously injured and the other out of reach. With no phone service and no clear way to assess the full extent of the damage, I activated my ResQLink400 beacon to request a rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the beacon sent out a satellite signal, I worked to assist the trapped individuals as best I could. The most surreal moment occurred when we were driving Sam, the injured person, down the mountain. As we passed the landing zone (LZ), I noticed a Coast Guard Blackhawk hovering just across the highway. It was a perfect coincidence\u2014about 10 minutes after I had secured Sam\u2019s neck and made my way back to the pasture, the helicopter arrived for the evacuation. I later learned the Blackhawk had been stationed in Marion, 15 miles away, and flew in just in time to make the rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This experience underscored the life-saving importance of having reliable emergency communication, particularly in remote or dangerous conditions. My ResQLink400 beacon proved invaluable, playing a crucial role in facilitating the rescue. I\u2019ll forever be grateful for its timely assistance and the incredible response of the rescue teams. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This experience underscored the life-saving importance of having reliable emergency communication, particularly in remote or dangerous conditions. My ResQLink400 beacon proved invaluable, playing a crucial role in facilitating the rescue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245859,"featured_media":97901,"template":"","survivor-category":[],"terrain":[21],"survivor-event":[132],"survivor-cause":[126],"survivor-rescue":[2832],"class_list":["post-97899","survivor-stories","type-survivor-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","terrain-mountain","survivor-event-hurricane","survivor-cause-weather","survivor-rescue-helicopter-rescue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories\/97899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/survivor-stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"survivor-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-category?post=97899"},{"taxonomy":"terrain","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/terrain?post=97899"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-event?post=97899"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-cause","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-cause?post=97899"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-rescue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-rescue?post=97899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}