Watch: Daring helicopter rescue saves British climbers in French Alps The helicopter’s rotor blades got very close to the mountain as the trio were winched to safety near Mont Blanc
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International effort saves sick Briton in remote French mountain hut The seriously ill 69-year-old was found collapsed without heating by Pyrenees rescue teams after friends in the UK and Germany raised the alert