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What should have been a routine rescue turned into a nightmare in seconds. After slipping and smashing her face into a rock, the woman was lifted in a rescue basket attached to a helicopter. But as the helicopter took off, the downdraft from the blades and a snapped safety line caused the basket to start spinning wildly. She rotated about 175 times in just 40 seconds before rescuers were finally able to pull her inside. The violent spin left her disoriented for days, and she later sued the city,