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CT Rock Climber Rescued After Being Stuck For Hours On Cliff, Officials Say CT Rock Climber Rescued After Being Stuck For Hours On Cliff, Officials Say
CT Rock Climber Rescued After Being Stuck For Hours On Cliff, Officials Say A rock climber was rescued by a technical rescue team after his leg became lodged in between two rocks for more than three hours. The incident took place in Windham County in Killingly on Wednesday, July 27 at Ross Cliffs in Old Furnace State Park.  The Killingly Fire Department and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to a report of an adult male who got his leg stuck between two rocks while rock climbing at Ross Cliffs in Old Furnace State Park near the Ross Pond Boat Launch in Killingly, said Will Healy, spokesman for DEEP. The South Killingly Multi-Agenc…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fairfield County Firefighter Dies While Rock Climbing, Police Say Fairfield County Firefighter Dies While Rock Climbing, Police Say
Fairfield County Firefighter Dies While Rock Climbing, Police Say A firefighter in Fairfield County who died from injuries he sustained while rock climbing in New York's Hudson Valley had nearly reached the 200-foot mark of his climb when he fell and was killed. Stephen M. Buda III, age 56, of New Haven, was killed around 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 7, while rock climbing at a popular spot of the Trapps Bridge section of the Mohonk Preserve, said the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. A firefighter with the Bridgeport Police Department since 2013, sheriff's deputies said it appears Buda had reached about 150 to 175 feet of the roughly 200-foot-section when he …

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by Kathy Reakes