A Minnesota State Patrol helicopter, unveiled just last month, is being put to the test.

New video shows the Minnesota Air Rescue Team (MART) responding to a call for help from a remote campsite in Voyaguers National Park along the Canadian border on August 11th. The three man team, made up of two members of the Saint Paul Fire Department and a pilot from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, hoisted a woman experiencing a medical emergency to safety.

"It was kind of like the capstone to all the training we've been doing over the last several months," said Robert Gregor, a rescue specialist with MART.

Gregor has spent a decade with MART. In the video, he's lowered down toward the woman on a cable.

"The efficiency that we get with the new hoist capabilities that we have on the team

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