2026年4月1日 / 美国东部时间上午8:00 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
一名徒步旅行者在新西兰原始丛林中从180英尺高的瀑布坠落受伤后，救援人员不得不将伤势严重的女子先行撤离，未能找到她的爱犬。在民众为搜救行动募集到数千美元善款后，边境牧羊犬莫莉被一名决心让宠物与主人团聚的直升机飞行员空运至安全地带。
一周前，一架紧急救援直升机在南岛西海岸一处瀑布的岩石区域找到了这名浑身瘀伤、有割伤的女子。她于3月24日被空运撤离，但救援人员不得不将她的宠物留在原地。
周二被找到时，莫莉衣衫褴褛、饥肠辘辘，就在徒步旅行者侥幸生还的地点几米之外。
“我在医院联系了她，提出帮忙去找狗，”新西兰精准直升机公司的老板马特·牛顿说道，该公司总部位于阿拉赫拉河附近的霍基蒂卡峡谷，也就是莫莉走失的地方。“我去搜寻了好几次，都没有结果。”
在这张由精准直升机有限公司发布的照片中，韦恩·霍尔姆斯（左）抱着他的狗狗宾果，旁边是刚被救回的莫莉，拍摄于2026年3月31日周二，新西兰南岛西海岸阿拉赫拉河的一处瀑布。精准直升机有限公司 via 美联社
牛顿不愿放弃，他和家人发起了众筹活动，以筹集更多飞行时长和先进搜救设备的费用。求助和捐赠如潮水般涌来，民众承诺为搜救活动捐款超过1.1万新西兰元（约合6300美元）。
这笔资金足够支持使用热成像设备进行额外三小时的直升机搜救。周二，牛顿与一名兽医护士、志愿搜救人员以及一只名为宾果的搜救犬一同升空，再次展开对莫莉的搜寻。
“大约一小时内我们就有了重大收获，”他说。“我们沿着河流行进时，通过热成像设备看到了这只狗，随后我们目视确认了它的位置。”
牛顿表示，他此前搜寻瀑布区域时完全没有看到莫莉的踪迹。目前尚不清楚这只狗是否也从瀑布坠落，或是最终抵达了受伤主人被困的地点。
直升机降低高度，让一名志愿者带着搜救犬宾果下机，协助安抚莫莉并引导它来到安全区域。
在这张由精准直升机有限公司发布的照片中，莫莉在被救回后从直升机舱门向外张望，拍摄于2026年3月31日周二，新西兰南岛西海岸阿拉赫拉河的一处瀑布。精准直升机有限公司 via 美联社
牛顿推测，这只狗在荒野的一周里靠捕食野生动物存活了下来。
“我觉得它知道我们是来救它的，”他说。“它表现得非常乖，没有跑开，获救后看起来很开心。”
这名飞行员表示，狗狗的身体状况“意外地不错”。他将消息传回直升机基地，那里还有其他志愿者正等候轮换参与搜救。“但我们反而举办了一场盛大的烧烤派对，大家都和莫莉拥抱互动了一番。”
狗狗获救数小时后，仍带着摔伤后遗症的徒步旅行者赶来，与爱犬上演了一场催人泪下的团聚。
“我想这多少会加快她的康复进程，”牛顿说。“能找回自己的狗，这肯定是好事。”
这家直升机公司在社交媒体发帖感谢了公众的帮助。
“感谢所有捐款和志愿帮忙的人，没有大家的共同努力，就不可能成功救回莫莉，”该公司在脸书上写道，并附上了搜救视频。“让她在经历这场意外后与杰斯重逢，真是一个圆满的结局。”
在这张由精准直升机有限公司发布的照片中，莫莉在被救回后与主人杰西卡·约翰斯顿团聚，拍摄于2026年3月31日周二，新西兰南岛西海岸阿拉赫拉河的一处瀑布。精准直升机有限公司 via 美联社
这起事件发生在美国另一起惊险的狗狗搜救事件几天后。上周，警方动用直升机营救了一只金毛贵宾混血犬，当时这只狗在纽约州锡拉丘兹附近结冰的塞内卡河水中挣扎求生。
Injured hiker’s dog rescued by helicopter week after getting lost in wild New Zealand forest
April 1, 2026 / 8:00 AM EDT / CBS/AP
When a hiker fell from a 180-foot waterfall in wild New Zealand bush, rescuers were forced to evacuate the badly hurt woman without her dog, which couldn’t be found. After strangers raised thousands of dollars for a search, border collie Molly was flown to safety by a helicopter pilot who was determined to reunite pet and owner.
A week earlier, an emergency rescue helicopter found the woman with bruises and lacerations after a fall at a rocky spot at the waterfall on the South Island’s West Coast. She was airlifted on March 24 but they were forced to leave without her pet.
Molly was bedraggled and hungry when she was found Tuesday, just a few meters from the spot where the hiker had been lucky to survive.
“I contacted her in hospital and said I’d go for a look for it,” said Matt Newton, the owner-operator of Precision Helicopters New Zealand, which is based at Hokitika Gorge near the Arahura River where Molly went missing. “I went and looked for the dog several times and no avail.”
In this photo released by Precision Helicopters Ltd, Wayne Holmes holds his dog Bingo, left, after the rescue of Molly, right, at a waterfall on the Arahura River on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Precision Helicopters Ltd via AP
Unwilling to give up, Newton and his family launched a fundraiser to pay for more flying hours and advanced search gear. Offers of help and donations poured in, with strangers pledging more than 11,000 New Zealand dollars ($6,300) for a search.
It was enough to fund three more hours in a helicopter using thermal imaging equipment. On Tuesday, Newton took to the skies with a veterinary nurse, volunteer searchers and a dog named Bingo in a renewed search for Molly.
“We struck jackpot within about an hour,” he said. “As we made our way up the river, we could see the dog in the thermal and then we could visually see it.”
There had been no sign of Molly at the waterfall when Newton previously searched the spot, he said. It wasn’t clear if the dog had also fallen from the waterfall or if she had eventually made her way to the spot where her injured owner landed.
The helicopter dropped low enough for a volunteer to disembark with the rescue dog Bingo to help coax Molly to safety and keep her calm.
In this photo released by Precision Helicopters Ltd, Molly peers out of the door of a helicopter after her rescue from a waterfall on the Arahura River on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Precision Helicopters Ltd via AP
Newton thought the dog had survived by eating feral animals during her week in the wilderness.
“She knew what we were up to, I think,” he said. “She behaved real well. She didn’t run away and she was pleased to be rescued.”
The dog was in “surprisingly good condition,” the pilot said. He sent word back to the helicopter base, where other volunteers waited to take turns in the search. “Instead we just had a big barbecue and all had a cuddle with Molly.”
Hours after the dog’s rescue, her owner, still battered from her fall, arrived for a tearful reunion.
“I think that’ll speed up her healing process somewhat,” Newton said. “Having your dog back, that’s for sure.”
The helicopter company expressed gratitude for the public’s help in a post on social media.
“Thank you to everybody who donated & volunteered to help, the success of saving Molly would not have been possible without this joint effort,” the company wrote on Facebook, accompanied by a video of the rescue. “What a happy ending to reunite her with Jess after her accident.”
In this photo released by Precision Helicopters Ltd, Molly is reunited with her owner Jessica Johnston after her rescue from a waterfall on the Arahura River on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Precision Helicopters Ltd via AP
The incident comes just days after another dramatic canine rescue in the U.S. Last week, police used a helicopter to rescue a goldendoodle after the dog was seen struggling to stay afloat in the freezing Seneca River near Syracuse, New York.
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