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WA Firefighters Rescue Boy after 40-Foot Fall off Cliff

April 23, 2020

Spokane Valley firefighters used a ropes and a stretcher to hoist a 9-year-old boy up a cliff after he fell around 40 feet while hiking with his mother in the Dishman Hills Conservation Area.

By Jared Brown

Source The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.

Spokane Valley, WA, firefighters rescue a boy who fell around 40 feet from a cliff while hiking Wednesday in the Dishman Hills Conservation Area.

Spokane Valley firefighters rescued a 9-year-old boy Wednesday after he fell about 40 feet down a cliff in the Dishman Hills Conservation Area.

The boy was hiking with his mother when he fell near the Pond Loop Trail, according to the Spokane Valley Fire Department.

Firefighters then hiked into the area carrying medical equipment for the child while another crew prepared to hoist him up the cliff on a rescue stretcher attached to an off-road vehicle, according to a news release.

Firefighters monitored the boy’s condition on the stretcher while they hiked back to an ambulance, the news release said. He was transported to the hospital in stable condition.

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