NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) - A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a stranded surfer from a cliff in Newport.
KPTV-TV reports Lincoln County dispatchers relayed a call to Coast Guard watch standers in North Bend about a stranded surfer Sunday evening.
Authorities say the surfer abandoned his surfboard and tried to climb up a rocky cliff near Yaquina Head Lighthouse after being pulled from the beach by a riptide.
A Coast Guard crew helicopter hoisted the surfer from the cliff.
Authorities say the surfer was not injured.
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Information from: KPTV-TV, http://www.kptv.com/
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