Phoenix South Mountain airlift rescue

A man with autism was hospitalized for heat-related illness after being airlifted off a South Mountain hiking trail by Phoenix Fire Department rescue crews on Friday morning, Aug. 4, 2023. A man with autism was hospitalized for heat-related illness after being airlifted off a South Mountain hiking trail by Phoenix Fire Department rescue crews on Friday morning, Aug. 4, 2023. A man with autism was hospitalized for heat-related illness after being airlifted off a South Mountain hiking trail by Phoenix Fire Department rescue crews on Friday morning, Aug. 4, 2023. A man with autism was hospitalized for heat-related illness after being airlifted off a South Mountain hiking trail by Phoenix Fire Department rescue crews on Friday morning, Aug. 4, 2023. A man with autism was hospitalized for heat-related illness after being airlifted off a South Mountain hiking trail by Phoenix Fire Department rescue crews on Friday morning, Aug. 4, 2023.