Rescue Teams Assist Man Who Fell Off Cliff

Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District, along with Lane and Linn County Search and Rescue teams, conducts a technical rescue operation using rope systems to save an elderly man who fell 40 feet at Sahalie Falls on June 5. Photos provided by SHFAD

Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District was dispatched to a report of a technical rescue at Sahalie Falls at 10:32 a.m. on June 5. It was reported that an elderly male had fallen approximately 40 feet over a cliff near the base of the falls.

SHFAD responded with one medic unit and a rescue vehicle, and made the one hour drive east to make contact with the patient. Once on scene, medics encountered the patient…

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