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News Release
Date: Aug. 11, 2012
D13 Staff PA
Contact: PA3 Nathan Littlejohn
Office: (503) 861-6132
Mobile: (816) 582-1725
News Release: Coast Guard rescues boy stranded on cliff near Manzanita, Ore., Friday
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued a 16-year-old boy stranded on a cliff approximately 3 miles northwest of Manzanita, Ore., Friday.
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, located in Warrenton, Ore., received a report at approximately 6:20 p.m., stating the boy was stranded on a cliff side on the south end of Smuggler Cove in Oswald West State Park.
Sector Columbia River launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria.
The crew arrived on scene and located the boy, clinging to a rock face. The crew lowered a rescue swimmer who strapped himself to the boy. The crew then lowered the swimmer and boy to safety on the beach in Smuggler Cove where the boy was placed in the care of awaiting local EMS.
No major injuries were reported.
For more information, please contact Petty Officer Nate Littlejohn at (816) 582-1725.
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