Prince William pilots Canadian to safety
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This article was published 22/08/2012 (4796 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
PRINCE William has come to the rescue. Again.
Four days after helping to save a 16-year-old girl from drowning off the coast of Wales last week, the prince swooped in to rescue an injured Canadian tourist in north Wales.
Darlene Burton, 58, from Barrie, Ont., was airlifted Monday to a hospital in north Wales in a helicopter flown by Prince William.
Burton is vacationing with her husband, Lawrence Oakley, doing a 10-day hike around the island where the Prince has been living and working as a helicopter rescue pilot since his wedding to his wife, Kate, last year.
Oakley and Burton were hiking on an isolated trail when she slipped and broke her leg.
Speaking Tuesday from a hospital in Bangor, Wales, Oakley said his wife couldn’t move, but he found a local fisherman, who called for help.
The five emergency responders, however, couldn’t get her off the trail by land.
A Royal Air Force Sea King helicopter was called to take Burton to a hospital. The prince was the pilot.
“They all know up here that that’s his job,” Oakley said. “He assisted in helping Darlene when they moved the stretcher out (of the helicopter).”
At the hospital, Burton underwent surgery. She had multiple fractures to her left leg and a plate had to be put in. She was expected to leave the hospital as early as Wednesday. The couple is to return to Canada on Sunday.
— The Canadian Press