Nail-biting moment hiker hangs off edge of cliff before dramatic rescue

The nail-biting infinitesimal wherever a hiker hung disconnected the edge of a California cliff earlier being rescued was captured successful melodramatic video footage.

A rescue cognition was swiftly prompted aft a stranded antheral was heard yelling for assistance arsenic helium clung to the broadside of a cliff and struggled to support his grip astatine San Francisco's Baker Beach soon earlier 1pm connected Sunday afternoon.

In the heart-pounding footage released by the California Highway Patrol, a unit subordinate is captured being lowered from an aerial operations helicopter arsenic waves rolled successful and retired underneath him.

As helium rapidly descended downwards, the distressed antheral was captured successful video arsenic helium clung connected with some hands to the broadside of an tremendous cliff - not daring to determination an inch - arsenic crashing waves and monolithic stone structures lingered hundreds of feet beneath him.

Lieutenant Mariano Elias of the San Francisco Fire Department told USA Today that it is chartless whether the antheral had climbed up from the formation oregon down from the way earlier landing himself successful the terrifying situation.

The video past showed the unit subordinate securing the antheral earlier they were hoisted backmost into the aerial and dilatory moved implicit to a sandy formation - each portion the antheral was safely successful the arms of his rescuer.

The hiker was successfully lowered connected to the formation beneath wherever helium was evaluated by paramedics and confirmed to beryllium wholly unharmed - each portion the unit subordinate was heaved backmost up into the aerial and into the helicopter.

'He was precise appreciative and thanked america for helping him,' Elias added.