PHOENIX (AP) – Phoenix City Council has approved severance pay of up to $ 450,000 for a woman whose rescue cage spun uncontrollably while being flown out of a mountain hiking area. City firefighters said at the time that the basket was caught in a headwind from the helicopter. They also said that during the June 2019 incident, a cable line that was supposed to prevent the basket from rotating was broken. The spinning continued for about 40 seconds as the crew tried several times to raise and lower the basket to get it out of the helicopter spiraling, said Catalin Metro, who was rescued after falling on a Piestewa Peak trail, said she had to undergo surgery for a spinal cord injury because she was spinning uncontrollably. The woman also went through weeks of rehabilitation and her medical bills were reportedly $ 290,000. Metro and her husband filed a $ 2 million lawsuit against Phoenix. A civil lawsuit was later filed in Maricopa County Superior Court last year alleging the incident caused Metro “physical, emotional and psychological harm and harm”. Metro was 74 years old at the time of the accident with the rescue cage.
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