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Man Rescued After Falling Into 100-Foot Ravine
March 16, 2009SAN DIEGO -- Emergency crews used a helicopter to hoist a man believed to be an illegal immigrant out of a roughly 100-foot-deep ravine he fell into near the U.S.-Mexico border Monday, authorities reported.
Border Patrol personnel notified the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department about the fall near the intersection of Hollister Street and Monument Road in Tijuana River Valley about 4:30 p.m., department spokesman Maurice Luque said.
The helicopter crew lowered a firefighter into the gully on a rope, then pulled both men out and set them down on a nearby dirt road.
The man who fell into the ravine was able to stand and walk on his own after being rescued, Luque said.
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