Los Angeles firefighters performed a rope rescue after an injured man was located at the bottom of a cliff in San Pedro late Tuesday night.
A woman was able to walk out of the rocky area known as Sunken City but the man could not.
Bad weather and visibility grounded the helicopter so technical rescue teams performed the operations, KTLA reported.
“Firefighters and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) on the ground performed a land-based technical rope rescue to raise 1 patient at base of rocky area known as Sunken City,” fire officails reported
The man who required the rope rescue was taken to a local trauma center in unknown condition.
Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.
