4-year-old boy rescued after falling 230 feet from Northern California cliff, landing on beach
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities in Northern California say a 4-year-old boy survived after falling 230 feet from a seaside cliff and landing on a rocky beach.
The child has been hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/1uipJ70 ) the boy was on a family outing on a trail in Bodega Bay on Monday evening when he suddenly couldn't be found.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Bodega Bay Fire Department rescuers spotted him on the beach at the bottom of the cliff.
Two firefighter-paramedics rappelled down with a rescue basket and reached the boy, with help from illumination flares fired into the air from a Coast Guard motor lifeboat.
Fire Capt. Justin Fox says the boy was awake and crying by the time he was loaded into an ambulance and rushed to a hospital.
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Information from: The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, http://www.pressdemocrat.com