Henry 1

Nocturne

Vanessa Lowe

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

"Henry 1" is the Sonoma Country Sheriff's Office helicopter rescue unit. They're available 24/7, and are one of the busiest programs of their kind in the country. They're the only one in the country that does long line rescues at night. They're super badass. Support Nocturne by donating at www.patreon.com/nocturnepodcast Henry 1Credits Nocturne is produced by Vanessa Lowe Music Nocturne theme music by Kent Sparling Additional music by Kent Sparling. Music in original episode by David Hughes, Kyron (aka JC Mendizbal), Gunnar Madsen (featuring MCMGM), and Kent Sparling. Episode art by Magdalena Metrycka Support Nocturne by donating at www.Patreon.com/nocturnepodcast Nocturne is a proud member of Hub and Spoke audio collective. Watch the video of the Henry 1 rescue featured in the episode here.

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0:00.0	Hub and Spoke. Audio Collective. You're listening to Nocturn.
0:28.7	I'm Vanessa standing about right here-ish.
0:44.9	The pilot's there.
0:45.9	I give him a thumbs up telling him I'm ready to go.
0:48.5	He lifts up.
0:49.7	That rope starts flaking up into the sky.
0:52.9	And when it gets to 100 feet or 200 feet, the pilot's got to be centered over the top of me and then once I'm ready to go I give them the up signal and we take off
1:02.0	yeah I am super super afraid of heights if you ask me to stand on top of the hanger and look over I'd want nothing to do with that the thought thought of having to climb to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge,
1:11.6	or I've always thought that there's every possibility
1:14.0	I could see us having to rescue someone from one of the towers.
1:17.4	Like, what if they had to leave me there?
1:18.7	Like, that would totally freak me out.
1:20.4	So hopefully it just never happens.
1:24.5	So we are at the Sheriff's Hanger here
1:26.6	at the Sonoma County Airport.
1:28.5	My name is Sergeant Chris Haas.
1:30.3	I am a flight officer for the helicopter, but I'm also the unit supervisor.
1:35.7	Sergeant Haas's helicopter unit is called Henry I,
1:39.0	and it's one of the busiest single aircraft rescue helicopter programs in the country.
1:43.9	I've been doing this for over 18 years now.
1:46.5	And you picked a particularly loud day, that whole Bohemian Grove thing's going on this time of year,
1:52.0	which is a big boys club, and I guess all the boys are coming in all their jets today.
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