Positivity: Climber Rescued after 60-Foot Fall
In Deep River, CT — That this person wasn’t hurt seems a near-miracle:
December 28, 2006
DEEP RIVER — Firefighters rescued a rock climber who fell nearly 60 feet from a cliff in the Cockaponsett State Forest on Wednesday.
Fire Chief Tim Ballantyne said Conor Dwyer, 23, of Madison, had been rock climbing when he fell 20 feet onto a ledge, bounced off and fell about another 40 feet.
Rescuers needed a brush truck and a pickup truck to reach Dwyer because he was about 5 miles from Route 9 down a narrow, dirt road in the pine ledge region of Deep River. The access road is used by the Department of Environmental Protection and DEP personnel were on the scene.
“He was conscious and alert upon arrival,” Ballantyne said.
Dwyer was taken by truck to Route 9, where a rescue chopper had landed between exits 5 and 6.
Ballantyne said emergency personnel shut down Route 9 at about 4:15 p.m. and reopened the road about 5:20 p.m.
Dwyer was flown to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition.
