Quote Originally Posted by rmitchell View Post
On Facebook there was a link posted on Hiking the Smokies group to the TN Air National Guard website that a Blackhawk helicopter from the Knoxville Airbase lowered a paramedic to the site. After a medical assessment with Park Rangers on site the paramedic and young lady were hoisted into the helicopter and flown to UT Hospital in Knoxville.
Can't find those pics but here's a quote from a GSMNP spokesperson.
"We actually had to do the hoist rescue into a very tight space had to drop the medic down through a small hole in the trees... that can be a pretty intense operation." - Dana Soehn, with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

From:
https://abc11.com/pets-animals/teen-girl-attacked-by-bear-while-sleeping-in-hammock/10816290/