Man Hurt at Bottom of Rocky Cliff Near Point Fermin

SAN PEDRO, CA -- A man was injured Friday afternoon at the bottom of a rocky cliff near Point Fermin, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The call came in at around 2:10 p.m. of a stranded man with a possible leg injury at the bottom of a cliff in the 700 block of West Paseo Del Mar, LAFD's spokesman Erik Scott said.

"LAFD Urban Search and Rescue firefighters are performing a ground based raise operation with a rope system to bring the injured patient up the cliff to safety," Scott said.

The man is in stable condition, he said.

He will be transported to a local hospital, Scott said.

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