This footage was filmed and produced 25 September 2023.

On September 25, 2023, in a dramatic rescue operation near Lands End in San Francisco, California, the California Highway Patrol's H-30 helicopter and the San Francisco Fire Department collaborated to save an elderly man who had fallen approximately 30 yards from the edge of a cliff.

As firefighters conducted a ground search, H-30 took to the skies to search from above. After a brief search, the helicopter team located the man in a challenging-to-reach grove of trees.

To facilitate the rescue, H-30 lowered a San Francisco Fire Helicopter Rescue Technician (HRT) to the scene, who assisted in successfully hoisting the injured man from the steep terrain. The helicopter then transported the victim and the SFFD HRT member to the location of Cliff Rescue 14.

Both the victim and the HRT member were safely lowered, and the injured man was subsequently transported to San Francisco General Hospital for treatment of the injuries sustained during the fall.