Man Critical After Falling Off Point Fermin Cliff

SAN PEDRO, CA - A man was in critical condition from multiple injuries suffered when he fell down a cliff at Point Fermin in San Pedro, authorities said.

The fall was reported at 9:09 p.m. Saturday at the cliff in the 800 block of West Paseo del Mar, Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

Firefighters responded "by air, land and sea," Humphrey said.

Rescuers got to the fallen man and hoisted him onto a department helicopter that took him to a hospital at about 10 p.m., Humphrey said.

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