A search and rescue mission described as a very complex operation led to the successful extraction of an injured hiker deep in the forests of Brasso Seco.

The rescue took place on November 24, three days after the hiker, Fayyad Hosine, damaged himself while in the forest with his hiking group.

A press release on November 25 from the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment (TTR), said the rescue took place near the near the Sombasson Waterfall, which tested the limits of national responders including the regiment's 1st Engineer Battalion.