TO THE RESCUE Sirens blare A car has spun off the road The car has crashed into a fence The driver is hurt She needs to go to a hospital There are no towns nearby But help is on the way A medical helicopter lands near an accident 5 CHAPTER 1
Another loud noise fills the air A helicopter flies toward the crash Its rotors make a thup thup thup sound The helicopter hovers above the car Then it lands in a field by the road Unlike an airplane a helicopter does not need a runway FUN FACT Helicopters are sometimes called choppers This name comes from the sound their rotors make 6
Inside a medical helicopter there are beds and supplies to care for sick or hurt people It can take off and land straight up and down The hurt woman is carried inside the helicopter Then it rises into the air It takes her to the hospital 7
