l.a. county fire department air op station. he's joining us right this minute. we noticed as you were pulling this guy up with the helicopter you were spinning around. what caused that spinning? >> in this run we used a tag line in order to control that spin and control any swaying, which was in place at the time that he left the ground. when he was about ten feet off the ground i noticed that he started to spin. at that time the tag line broke away which is what we would rather have because we don't want that rope flying around with us. it snapped away and allowed him to continue spinning up. >> was this driver, when you all arrived, was he conscious and did he have any communication with you all? >> he was able to communicate to us. didn't appear he was knocked out. fully alert and oriented, complained of some minor injuries at the time we weren't sure specifically how bad he was. >> can you put a number on how common rescues like this are? are you doing one of these a week? >> probably two, three, four a week. it depends on the season. when it warms up people

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