EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A helicopter with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations helped to rescue a hiker in the Franklin Mountains this week.
On Thursday, Aug. 21, the CBP AMO El Paso Air Branch operations officer received a phone call from the El Paso Fire Department’s Combined Search and Rescue team for help in locating and rescuing an injured male hiker, CBP said in a news release.
Here is video from the mountain rescue, from CBP AMO.
Initial reports indicated that fire crews had responded to the area near McKelligon Canyon…