San Diego Firefighters Rescue Man Trapped in Hillside for Days

After nearly 20 hours, San Diego firefighters rescued a man Dec. 22 who fell into a hole on the side of a cliff and was possibly trapped for four days. First responders responded to an area called Sunset Cliffs along the coast of San Diego at about 3:45 p.m. Thursday after someone reported hearing a man calling out for help, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The man slipped and fell under broken concrete on the side of a cliff near Orchard Avenue and Cable Street, the department posted Thursday on X, formerly Twitter. A man who fell into a hole on the side of a cliff along the coast of San Diego and was possibly trapped for four days was rescued by San Diego firefighters on Dec. 22, 2023. (Courtesy of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department) A man who fell into a hole on the side of a cliff along the coast of San Diego and was possibly trapped for four days was rescued by San Diego firefighters on Dec. 22, 2023. (Courtesy of San Diego Fire-Rescue Department) Battalion Chief Craig Newell told reporters rescuers discovered the man under a small rocky tunnel, attempting to create a shelter. While tunneling, he had slid and became wedged beneath the rock at the bottom of the tunnel, which was about 12 to 15 feet from the hilltop, according to Fox 5....