A routine hike turned into a nightmare for a hiker who plunged off a cliff and lies badly injured on a sheer mountainside and he's fading fast. El Paso Kamsar claws through brutal terrain to keep him alive. But there's only one escape. A precision air hoist under fierce winds with zero margin for error. The air and marine operations El Paso air branch roars in. And what they do next to pull him off that cliff is amazing. Did they make it in time? watched the full rescue. On August 30th, 2025, in the early afternoon, near Mammoth Cave in the Franklin Mountains of El Paso, Texas, Air and Marine Operations El Paso Air Branch, received an urgent call from the El Paso Commar unit after a hiker fell from a cliff and suffered serious life-threatening injuries in steep, rugged terrain. Commsar rescuers reached the injured man first, stabilized him on the mountain side, needing an emergency air extraction and transport to a trauma center. A UH60 Blackhawk crew responded to the scene coordinated with the ground team hovering roughly 180 ft above the cliff while a rescue specialist was lowered down to secure the hiker and bring him along with the six comps or rescuers that located the downed hiker. Hey, that is pretty uh pretty bad. I got [ __ ] Is this Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat up here. The crew flew directly to a local trauma hospital where the patient was handed over to medical staff for intensive care due to the severity of his injuries. Unfortunately, there is no public information available on the hiker's condition after he was admitted to the trauma unit. All members of the rescue teams remained unharmed. What are your thoughts on this incident? Please leave them in the comments below. Also, if you enjoy our videos, please don't just watch. Take a second to like and subscribe to our channel. It's free, but it's just like giving us a donation and tells YouTube to share our content with more true crime fans like you. Your support helps us keep bringing you raw, unfiltered body cam footage from true crime content to rescues like this. Thank you and we'll see you at the next video.