By Anthony Avillo
On October 11, 2002, North Hudson (NJ) Regional Fire & Rescue responded to the Palisades cliffs for a reported injured man. The victim was discovered approximately 100 feet below Boulevard East in Weehawken, New Jersey. Rescuers successfully removed him from the cliffs and transported him to a local hospital, where he was treated for injuries suffered in the fall and for hypothermia (see photos and cover photo).
Successful technical rope rescues (TRRs) do not just happen. Suc-cessful rope and rigging operations are the end product of a program approach based on planning, preplanning, practice, and implementation.
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