But this is exactly what happened when children on an outdoor pursuits trip aided a real-life rescue. The group of 10- and 11-year-old pupils, from Grosvenor School in Nottingham, formed a human arrow to direct an air ambulance to the scene of the accident.
"When we are flying around a lot of people wave to us - but we don't know whether it is to say hello or to signal for help," Ian Clayton, operations manager for Staffordshire Air Ambulance, told The Daily Telegraph. "The helicopter was going up and down the mountain looking for the climber but it was very difficult to see where the accident was. The children formed this human arrow to direct the air ambulance which made the climber much easier to spot. Their quick-thinking was brilliant."
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