Football team rescues woman dangling off Utah cliff by her hair, video shows
A team of football players was at the right place at the right time when they came across a woman dangling off the side of a Utah cliff by her hair.
In a tug-of-war style, the Dixie State University athletes set up a rescue operation with ropes at the Sugarloaf in St. George on Aug. 7 after a man accompanying the woman asked for help, according to Storyful.
Video footage, captured by the team’s defensive line coach Loni Fangupo, shows two men and one woman pulling the rescuee to safety, who soon called for water, while the players stood by waiting for some sign she was OK.
The woman became trapped after her hair got entangled with her equipment while descending down the vertical cliff.
“We had no idea that God put us here to pull a young lady to safety today. The boys where quick to react and willing to lend a hand,” Fangupo tweeted. “We coaching HEROS here at Dixie State baby!!! By the way that man with the grey shirt jumped in with no ropes to secure him. RESPECT!!!”
The players told ABC4 they were in the area gathering at the “Dixie Rock” as they do every year during their fall camp.
“The gentleman she was with asked for some help and we jumped right to it, I think anybody would step up and do the same thing,” head football coach Paul Peterson told the outlet. “We had plenty of muscle to be able to get her up pretty quickly.”
Peterson said the woman might have been dangling for about 45 minutes before being rescued, according to ABC4.
This story was originally published August 14, 2020 at 11:24 AM with the headline "Football team rescues woman dangling off Utah cliff by her hair, video shows."
