Police in New Mexico performed a daring rescue to save an injured hiker who was stuck 9,100 feet in the air.

       The New Mexico State police said the unidentified 50-year-old woman was stranded in the LaDrones Mountains in Socorro County on Jan. 22.

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       Officers and paramedics attended to the hiker and a helicopter was called in to assist, police said.

       New Mexico State Police

       A photo provided by the New Mexico State Police shows a rescue operation after a hiker was injured in the LaDrones Mountains, near LaDron Peak southwest of Albuquerque, N.M., Jan. 22, 2022.

       A hoist team lowered a specialist down to the hiker and brought her back to the vehicle. She was airlifted to a local hospital, police said.

       New Mexico State Police

       A photo provided by the New Mexico State Police shows a rescue operation after a hiker was injured in the LaDrones Mountains, near LaDron Peak southwest of Albuquerque, N.M., Jan. 22, 2022.

       The entire rescue was recorded on the helicopter's camera.

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       The hiker suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was recuperating, the police said.

       “The response of ABLE 7 [helicopter] and its crew most certainly saved this hiker’s life,” Tim Johnson, chief of the New Mexico State Police, said in a statement.