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Hiker who was hanging from cliff with ‘death-grip’ is rescued in death-defying video
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2:58Now PlayingA breathtaking video shows California rescuers plucking an exhausted hiker from the edge of a cliff, where she was clinging to a few rocks with all her strength — trying to keep from plunging to her death.
Sheriff’s deputies in Riverside County dispatched a rescue helicopter after receiving an emergency SOS from the famous Pacific Crest Trail, where they spotted the woman clinging in a “death grip” over a near-vertical drop, Riverside Sheriff Aviation wrote alongside bodycam footage posted Monday to Instagram.
“She was exhausted from that position for over an hour, and with a heavy pack with unsure footing,” the post said.
The video gives a first-person view of a rescuer rappelling Mission Impossible-style from a cable and struggling to secure the woman, whose arms and legs were quivering with exhaustion.
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