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Date Published: 13/07/2022
ARCHIVED - Man narrowly escapes death after plunging off a cliff into the sea in Benidorm
The 34-year-old fell off a cliff into the sea below at Benidorm's Cala de Finestrat
A man, 34, miraculously survived a dramatic cliff fall into the sea at Benidorm's Cala de Finestrat before being spotted by a nearby diver and rescued in a hair-raising and "complicated" operation.
It's not clear how or why, but just before 10pm on Monday evening, the man plunged from "a considerable height" into the water in an area close to the Ola Blanca apartments in the coastal resort.
Rescate anoche en los acantilados de Cala Finestrat en Benidorm de un joven que sufrió una caída llegando al agua, agradecer la intervención de un joven que haciendo submarinismo lo pudo dejar en las rocas para nuestra posterior evacuación en camilla 👏👏👏#cpba #siempreatulado pic.twitter.com/P5HGMe7ydn
— Consorcio Bomberos Alicante (@BomberosDipuALC) July 12, 2022
Fortunately, the fall was witnessed by a diver nearby who was able to pull the injured man to safety and alert the emergency services who were quickly on the scene to begin the tricky rescue operation.
Before he could be winched to safety, firefighters first had to get medical professionals to the wounded man so that he could be administered sedatives to allow his subsequent transfer.
Once placed on a stretcher and secured to a safety line, firefighters were then able to lift the victim to an area where a SAMU ambulance and crew were waiting to take him to the Regional Hospital of the Marina Baixa in the neighbouring town of Villajoyosa.
Incredibly, the 34-year-old escaped with just trauma to one leg, according to the Emergency Information and Coordination Centre.
Meanwhile, at around midday, Alicante firefighters tackled a fire at a rural house in the Menchovelos area of Jijona. The interior of the prefabricated wooden house located close to the CV-780 was completely gutted but fortunately, there were no injuries.
Image: Consorcio Bomberos Alicante
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