Watch the Coast Guard rescue an injured teen, father and dog in the Deschutes National Forest

A teenage girl and her dad have a Father's Day story they won't soon forget.

The 14-year-old girl, her father and their dog were rescued from the Deschutes National Forest Sunday afternoon after the teenage hiker seriously injured her knee and was unable to return to the trailhead.

A five-person U.S. Coast Guard crew based in Astoria responded by helicopter about two hours after the Oregon Department of Emergency Management alerted rescuers of the stranded family.

The helicopter carried two rescue swimmers — like the one that pulled the suspected Oregon yacht thief and “Goonies” prankster from the Pacific Ocean in February 2023 — even though it was a domestic operation .

Video of Sunday's rescue revealed the complexity of how rescuers arrived on the scene. Due to the steep terrain and large trees that exceeded the length of the helicopter's lifting cable, the helicopter dropped rescuers about 400 meters from the hikers, the Coast Guard said in a statement.

“The environment in this region posed significant challenges,” said Lt. Cmdr. Jason Weeks said in the release.

Once rescuers located the injured hiker and her father, they helped the girl onto a stretcher, wrapped her and carried her over large logs and snowy expanses. Strong winds were blowing throughout the rescue. The Coast Guard declined to identify the family.

Rescuers lifted the girl, then her father and her dog with an escape pod attached to the helicopter's lifting cable and transported them to Redmond Municipal Airport. Both hikers were in stable condition once they arrived at the airport, where the Coast Guard transferred them to emergency medical services.

The Coast Guard recommends that hikers carry emergency communications and appropriate equipment in case they need to shelter in place while rescuers arrive.

Sunday's shift included three dads working on Father's Day.

“So that was very comforting,” Weeks wrote.

— Riya Sharma covers Here's reporting from Oregon. Contact her at [email protected] or 503-294-5996.