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Georgia hiker rescued after falling off waterfall while snapping photo: ‘Absolutely a miracle’
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A hiker in Georgia was rescued Friday in what officers say was nothing in need of a miracle after she fell 50 toes off a cliff whereas making an attempt to take a photograph and have become wedged within the rocks of a waterfall.
Dozens of rescuers from 17 businesses responded to Raven Cliff Falls in Helen to carry out a technical rescue, the Gainesville Fireplace Division mentioned.
The 17-year-old woman fell about 50 toes from the height of the cliffs and have become wedged within the rocks from her chest down the place the waterfalls meet, Now Habersham reported.
Rescuers labored for hours to free a hiker who grew to become wedged within the rocks of a waterfall after falling about 50 toes at Raven Cliff Falls on Friday.
(Gainesville Fireplace Division)
Chris Wright, of the Rabun County Technical Rescue Workforce, advised the paper that it was an “extraordinarily difficult” location to achieve and required a considerable amount of gear.
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The operation lasted a number of hours, Rabun County Search and Rescue mentioned. Whereas the rescue “appeared out of attain” at occasions, rescuers had been capable of free the hiker from the rocks.
The hiker suffered minor accidents and was capable of stroll off the path with help, officers mentioned.
(Gainesville Fireplace Division)
“In a miraculous flip of occasions the feminine was capable of stroll assisted again out to the command submit for analysis and transport for minor accidents,” the hearth division mentioned.
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Rabun County Search and Rescue echoed the division’s sentiments, saying: “Completely a miracle, superb work by all people underneath extraordinarily troublesome circumstances!”
No additional particulars in regards to the hiker or her present situation had been instantly launched.