From
ABC News
By Meg Purtell
A Queensland rescue helicopter team has received a major international award for its work during the deadly flash floods in January.
The Emergency Management Queensland crew saved 43 people in the Lockyer Valley, in southern Queensland, after a wall of water devastated the region.
They have received the 'Rescue of the Year' award at a conference in the United States.
Brisbane-based pilot Peter Row led the operation and accepted the award in Florida.
He says they have dedicated the win to the survivors and those killed in the floods.
