Three people rescued by helicopter from Swiss gorge

Three people were rescued by helicopter from the Joli Gorge near Niedergesteln in southwestern Switzerland on Friday. To carry out the rescue, a rescue specialist was lowered on a 50-metre rope into the gorge, which is up to two metres wide in places. The three people were unable to leave the gorge under their own steam. The Valais Cantonal Rescue Organisation (KWRO) therefore alerted Air Zermatt, the helicopter company said on Monday. Following a thunderstorm, the Joli stream was carrying a ...

By swissinfo.ch