The pathway to help and safety for injured skiers like Lindsey Vonn is often through the air

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The whirling of helicopter rotors might be the most feared sound in ski racing. Watching them being airlifted off the course — virtually mummified in a stretcher, dangling in mid-air below a hovering chopper by a cable before being whisked away over jagged peaks toward the nearest hospital — is one of the gravest moments in sports. Lindsey Vonn knows the sound all too well.

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