This video shows a Dutch HEMS ready for take-off at an incident scene in Amsterdam.
After about 20 seconds or so, a bystander grabs something from the ground and hurls it towards the helo, according to the press it was a sizable rock. At least a dozen people are standing nearby, nobody lifts a finger.
Traumahelikopter stijgt op | Video - Zie.NL
Here in Holland, we are by now used to the fact that ambulance personel, bus drivers and train drivers are bullied, molested, threatened etc (inasmuch that this is at least a weekly occurrence, if not almost daily). This one, however, is new to me. It's also the bloody limit..... I *am* ashamed to live in a country where this is possible and where no action is taken to further prevent these incidents.
Here's a shout out to all the Dutch HEMS crew. You guys are the best helo flyers we have. And as challenging your task often is (I've seen lifeliners put into some hairy landing spots), it seems you also now have to deal with the lowest of lowlifes this country has to offer.