The rescue record · chapter 5 of 12
Hurricane Michael
October 2018. Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle at Category 5 — near-total destruction in Mexico Beach and Panama City, one of the strongest landfalls ever recorded in the United States.
How Ryan was involved · from the record
Ryan worked alongside the U.S. Coast Guard on Med-Evac helicopter rescues in Panama City, and ran search-and-rescue for an eight-months-pregnant woman whose home had collapsed on top of her.
Source: the biography filed as Exhibit 288 in United States v. Nichols — read it in full →
Why it matters
The record's proof of range: not just boats and floodwater — helicopter medical evacuation alongside the Coast Guard in catastrophic wind damage.
Pictures & footage
Photos and footage from this deployment are being added from the archive. Were you there — rescued, rescuing, or watching? Your pictures and video belong in this record.
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