Watch: CA FFs Pull Off Daring Cliff Rescue

Sept. 14, 2022
San Diego firefighters conducted an aerial rescue after a man fell into a 40-foot ravine while running away from police.

Early this morning, San Diego police responded to a call of car that went off of the parking area at the Glider Port and into a canyon.

Police found the car, but the driver was nowhere to be found.

According to 911 Video News, a short time later, police were called back to the scene amid reports someone was trying to get into several nearby buildings at UCSD.

Officers found a naked man in the brush, but when they tried to make contact, he took off and fell into a 40-foot ravine.

He told the officers that he had broken his back and a leg.

Firefighters were called to the scene and conducted an aerial rescue to get the man out of the ravine.

They loaded the man into a stokes basket and lifted him to safety.

He was transported to a local hospital with unknown injuries.

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