It is a tragic Christmas morning for the family of an ambulance officer who died trying to rescue an injured canyoner in rugged terrain on NSW's south coast.
The service has released the name of the paramedic as Mick Wilson, from the Ambulance Helicopter Retrieval Service.
He and another paramedic and a doctor were flown into rugged bushland at Carrington Falls, west of Kiama, after an emergency beacon was set off just before 5pm (AEDT) on Saturday.
Updated December 26, 2011 19:46:31
The Mr Wilson was winched to the ground, and was still attached when an incident occurred and he died.
Mike Wilson, 41, was winched onto a cliff at Carrington Falls, south-west of Wollongong, on Christmas Eve in an effort to reach the canyoner.
Something went wrong as he was being lowered from the ambulance helicopter and he died.
The ambulance service is yet to release further details, however a paramedic colleague says Mr Wilson's line had to be cut because the helicopter was in trouble.
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