Watch: Woman rescued from a cliff in San Francisco

WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN THE BAY AREA, SAN FRANCISCO, A CLIFF RESCUE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NEAR LAND’S END AND NEAR OCEAN BEACH, NEAR THE CLIFF HOUSE RESTAURANT. AND YOU CAN SEE THE PERSON THERE THAT NOW HAS A HELMET ON. AND THE RESCUER THAT IS KIND OF ATTACHED THEM TO THIS HOIST. BUT LOOK AT THE CLIFF THEY’RE ON AND THE CRASHING WAVES BELOW AS THEY’RE GETTING READY, HOPEFULLY TO HOIST THEM TO SAFETY. SO THIS IS NOT ALL THAT FAR FROM THE BEACH. IT’S JUST TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT WHERE THE BEACH IS. BUT YOU CAN SEE AS SOON AS YOU GET DOWN INTO THE WATER THERE, YOU’RE RIGHT UP AGAINST THAT, THAT CLIFF. AS THE CHOPPER PULLS OUT RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BEACH IS THERE IN THE BOTTOM PART OF YOUR SCREEN. SO CLEARLY THIS PERSON VENTURED OUT, GOT INTO TROUBLE, AND AS THE TIDE COMES IN, IT’S A IT’S A RISKY TO GET BACK TO THEIR TO THE BEACH. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CREW THAT HAS RAPPELLED DOWN THE SIDE OF THAT CLIFF, AND THEY PUT A HELMET ON THIS PERSON. AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO FORCE THEM TO THE TOP OF THE CLIFF RIGHT THERE BY THE CLIFF HOUSE RESTAURANT. YEAH. THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THIS STEP BY STEP AS THAT RESCUER IS GUIDING THAT PERSON, MAKING THE SLOW JOURNEY BACK UP THE SIDE OF THIS CLIFF, WHICH IS PRETTY STEEP. AND THIS IS JUST SLOW WORK, BUT NECESSARY WORK. VERY SCARY SITUATION, BUT THERE’S A GOOD AMOUNT OF RESCUE PERSONNEL ON SCENE. LOOK LIKE THERE WAS EVEN A FIRE TRUCK ON THE BEACH. AND THEN THERE’S ONE ON THE STREET ABOVE IT. BUT THIS IS A VERY POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CLIFF HOUSE RESTAURANT. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NORMALLY AND THINGS HAVE BEEN WARM ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO IT’S GIVING SOME PEOPLE SOME COURAGE TO COOL OFF A LITTLE BIT IN THE OCEAN. BUT THAT OCEAN, IT IS CHILLY. IT IS VERY COLD. AND WE KNOW THAT THE WAVES COME CRASHING IN THERE. AND IT IS A ROCKY BEACH. SO YOU CAN SEE WHY SOMEBODY GOT INTO TROUBLE THERE TODAY. YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE THEM A WHILE TO KIND OF WORK THEIR WAY BACK UP THE SIDE OF THIS CLIFF. THESE LIVE PICTURES, LIVE AERIAL PICTURES COMING TO US FROM SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT ALONG THE OCEAN HERE NEAR OCEAN BEACH AND THE FAMOUS CLIFF HOUSE RESTAURANT. AND THESE CLIFFS ARE FAMOUS RIGHT NOW, INFAMOUS FOR THIS RESCUE THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES. WHEN THEY ZOOM OUT, YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING UP ON THE STREET THAT ARE KIND OF WATCHING THIS. WE DON’T KNOW HOW THIS PERSON GOT IN THIS PRECARIOUS SITUATION. WE DON’T KNOW WHY THEY’RE STRANDED THERE, BUT AT LEAST THERE IS HELP THERE AND AT LEAST THERE. YEAH. YOU GOT TO WONDER HOW LONG THIS PERSON WAS IN TROUBLE BEFORE SOMEBODY CALLED. AND THEN HOW QUICKLY CREWS GOT THERE TOO. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, RAPPELLING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE CLIFF AND ATTACHING ALL THAT EQUIPMENT AND THEN GETTING THE PERSON UP. BUT THAT’S THAT. YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS A FIRE TRUCK, RIGHT? A LIFEGUARD TRUCK. YEAH, IT’S PROBABLY MORE OF A LIFEGUARD TRUCK. SO YEAH, WE’RE ZOOMING BACK IN NOW. AND YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UP THERE. OH, THIS LOOKS THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS IS NOT FUN. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DEFINITELY A LOT OF UPPER BODY STRENGTH, BUT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS THIS IS THE WAY THEY GOT TO GO, YOU KNOW, UNLESS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON’T HAVE A RESCUE HELICOPTER BECAUSE THAT’S ONE WAY TO PUT SOMEONE IN A BASKET AND THEN FLY THEM UP AND OUT. BUT THEY’RE JUST HAVING TO DO THIS THE OLD FASHIONED WAY WITH TWO ROPES AND A LESSON LEARNED, VERY HARD WAY. SO WE’RE GOING TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND IF SOMETHING WARRANTS IT, WE WILL DIP BACK INTO OUR COVERAG

A woman was rescued from a cliff on Wednesday at Ocean Beach in San Francisco.Aerial footage showed rescued crews working their way up the cliff to safety. The woman was taken to a waiting ambulance.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

SAN FRANCISCO —

A woman was rescued from a cliff on Wednesday at Ocean Beach in San Francisco.

Aerial footage showed rescued crews working their way up the cliff to safety.

The woman was taken to a waiting ambulance.

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