Dramatic moment helicopter rescue two people stranded on cliff edge in California
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This is the dramatic moment a helicopter crew recued two people stranded on a cliff edge.

The pair were fishing when one of them, an elderly male, suffered a medical emergency and could not climb to safety.

A California Highway Patrol helicopter was in the air over San Francisco, USA, when a call came in about an injured person stranded on a cliff, near Mori Point in Pacifica.

The North County Fire Authority also responded to the scene.

Video, shared by CHP Golden Gate Division Air Operations, shows the helicopter crew lowering a firefighter down to the cliff edge to rescue the pair one at a time.

The North County Fire Authority said both victims were safely rescued.

Footage was shot on Saturday 18/03.
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