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Tricky Rescue: Person Saved From 20-Foot Embankment In Hudson Valley Tricky Rescue: Person Saved From 20-Foot Embankment In Hudson Valley
Tricky Rescue: Person Saved From 20-Foot Embankment In Hudson Valley A person was hospitalized after falling down a 20-foot steep embankment in Northern Westchester, which required them to be rescued with the help of rope lines.  The incident happened on Saturday, Sept. 9 around 3:15 p.m., when Somers Fire and EMS responded to the Lake Lincolndale area on a report of a person falling down a steep wooded embankment.  According to the Somers Volunteer Fire Department, arriving crews quickly found the person and began working to establish rope lines and belay lines down into the wooded drop-off. This eventually allowed for first responders and their e…