Twinstar - thanks, the Kingston Canada crane rescue is a good story and example of unique life-saving benefits of helicopters. A video here, if it works!
Crane operator rescued by helicopter from massive Kingston fire (multiple angles) | Watch News Videos Online. An even more dramatic crane rescue here:
There really should be (and may well have been) a TV programme showing a whole variety of different spectacular rescues with a good accurate narrative - anyone aware of such a thing? Has anyone put together a video of some of these? Be good if someone with more time and knowledge than me could look into this as, back to my initial point, it must be a good thing to promote the live saving and intrinsic safety of helicopters through what is bound to be a captivating TV programme for the general world population. Unfortunately it is still the negative of crashes that is generating the most media.