Man survives 100-foot fall off cliff in Calif. after 22-minute rescue

The person was strolling at daybreak alongside the cliff overlooking Moss Seaside in San Mateo County, California.
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A person survived a roughly 100-foot fall off a California cliff edge that “crumbled” beneath him as he was strolling on it final week, authorities stated.  

The person was strolling at daybreak Friday alongside the cliff overlooking Moss Seaside in San Mateo County, Calif., when the bottom beneath him collapsed, sending him plummeting, CAL FIRE San Mateo tweeted.

CLIFF RESCUE: The cliff crumbled beneath a person who was strolling at daybreak in Moss Seaside. He fell est. 100 ft & yelled for assist. At 8:30am a lady close by heard his calls. Coastside Fireplace pulled him to security inside 22 minutes of their arrival. Keep away from cliff edges as they're unstable. pic.twitter.com/OCz7W84dra

— CAL FIRE CZU (@CALFIRECZU) August 26, 2022

A girl heard the person’s cries for assist round 8:30 a.m. and dialed 911, CBS reported.

The rescue took about 22 minutes, authorities stated. Video posted to the CAL FIRE San Mateo unit’s Twitter account captured greater than a half-dozen firemen utilizing a pulley to deliver the person up the steep cliff face to security. 

The person survived a roughly 100-foot fall.

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The cliff collapsed, inflicting the person to fall.

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“Keep away from cliff edges as they're unstable,” CAL FIRE warned in its tweet.

In Could, a 25-year-old man died and three others had been injured after the group plummeted from a roughly 300-foot ocean cliff in Palos Verdes Estates in Southern California.