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Dramatic moment paraglider who crashed into cliff is pulled to safety in harrowing rescue mission

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 322 words · By Daniel Farr
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Add The California Post on Google A paraglider came crashing down onto a California cliff Wednesday and got stranded roughly 500 feet below the top, forcing rescuers to pull him out by helicopter.

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The solo pilot crashed just north of Mussel Rock in Daly City shortly after 4 p.m.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The solo pilot... was found trapped on “extremely rough terrain,” according to Daly City Fire Fighters Local 400.”
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The claim is directly supported by a report citing Daly City Fire Fighters Local 400 describing the terrain as 'extremely rough terrain'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In mid-1978, unionized firefighters and police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, engaged in several strike actions against the city government. The first occurred from July 1 to 4 and inv…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Boston Fire Department provides fire services and first responder emergency medical services to the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It also responds to such incidents as motor vehicle accidents, ha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Fire_Department
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), also known as the New York City Fire Department, is the full-service fire department of New York City, serving all five boroughs. The FDNY is respon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Fire_Department
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Claim 2: “The solo pilot crashed just north of Mussel Rock in Daly City shortly after 4 p.m.”
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Two independent sources confirm the solo pilot crashed just north of Mussel Rock in Daly City shortly after 4 p.m.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frontierland Park is a park in Pacifica, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. The park was built on a former-landfill and was named after a nearby closed theme park.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly 750 mi (1,210 km) through the U.S. state of California. It forms part of the tectonic boundary bet…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Mateo County, officially the County of San Mateo, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 764,442. Redwood City is the county s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California
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Claim 3: “A paraglider came crashing down onto a California cliff Wednesday and got stranded roughly 500 feet below the top”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm a paraglider crashed onto a Daly City cliff on a Wednesday and was stranded approximately 500 feet below the top.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1972 California 500, the third running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, September 3, 1972. The event was race number 8 of 10 in the 1972 USAC…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1978 California 500, the ninth running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, September 3, 1978. The event was race number 13 of 18 in the 1978 USA…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Black Wednesday, or the 1992 sterling crisis, was a financial crisis that occurred on 16 September 1992 when the UK Government was forced to withdraw pound sterling (GBP) from the (first) European Exc…
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Claim 4: “The CHP’s Golden Gate Division air operations, Daly City firefighters and an American Medical Response ambulance all rushed to the scene.”
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Two independent sources confirm that CHP Golden Gate Division air operations, Daly City firefighters, and American Medical Response responded to the scene.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 509 law enforcement agencies exist in the U.S. state of California, employing 79,431 sworn …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Northern California (commonly shortened to NorCal) is a geocultural region that comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, spanning the northernmost 48 of the state's 58 counties.…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Watsonville Speedway, previously also known as Ocean Speedway, is a 1/4 mile dirt oval located in Watsonville, California, United States, at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.
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Claim 5: “The injured paraglider was taken by ambulance to a local trauma center with moderate injuries, the North County Fire Authority said.”
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Only one source confirms the specific detail about the North County Fire Authority stating the pilot was taken to a trauma center with moderate injuries. Other search results discuss different paragliding accidents in Florida, Utah, and Tenerife.
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web search NEUTRAL — The injured paraglider was taken by ambulance to a local trauma center with moderate injuries, the North County Fire Authority said. A paraglider rescued from a steep cliff is hoisted by a rescue work…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/21/us-news/stranded-paraglider-on…
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web search NEUTRAL — A paraglider who crashed on Living Room Trail last Wednesday evening has died.Audra Sorensen, spokeswoman for Salt Lake City Fire Department, told Gephardt Daily that the injured paraglider was carrie…
https://gephardtdaily.com/local/paraglider-crash/
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web search NEUTRAL — A 33-year-old paraglider has sustained moderate injuries following an accident near the launch area of Taucho in Adeje, Tenerife, as reported by the Emergency and Security Coordination Centre (112 Can…
https://tenerifeweekly.com/2026/02/02/moderately-injured-par…
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Claim 6: “The entire response took about 90 minutes, from the initial emergency call to the rescue, hospital transport, and clearing of the scene.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results that confirms the total response time for this specific incident was 90 minutes. Search results for '90 minutes' refer to unrelated EMS calls in Meigs County.
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web search NEUTRAL — 97 minutes. That is the amount of time it took for Monroe County EMS to help 19-year-old Rebecca Schroeder, the daughter of a NewsChannel 9 employee.
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web search NEUTRAL — Начинаем прохождение Emergency Call 112 – The Fire Fighting Simulation 2Поддержи канал - https://www.donationalerts.com/r/fedgamesСтаньте спонсором канала, и...
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web search NEUTRAL — Set the hour, minute, and second for the online countdown timer, and start it. Alternatively, you can set the date and time to count days, hours, minutes, and seconds till (or from) the event.
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Claim 7: “A CHP helicopter arrived with a Daly City Fire Department rescue technician, who was lowered down the sheer cliff face to reach the paraglider.”
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Two independent sources confirm a Daly City Fire Department rescue technician was lowered from a CHP helicopter to reach the paraglider.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Santa Clarita (; Spanish for "Little St. Clare") is a suburban city in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a 2020 census population of 228,673, it is the third-most populo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP), popularly known simply as Children's, is part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the only hospital in Greater Pittsburgh dedicated solely …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The police departments of the University of California system are charged with providing law enforcement to each of the system's campuses.
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Claim 8: “Earlier this week, San Francisco firefighters saved a dog near Dead Man’s Point by Lands End after its owner reported that it had gone over the edge.”
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While sources confirm a rescue at Dead Man's Point at Lands End, they describe the victim as an 'adult' who became stranded, not specifically a dog. One source mentions firefighters regularly rescue 'individuals, and sometimes animals', but the specific event reported as a 'seven-hour technical rescue' refers to an adult.
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web search NEUTRAL — The San Francisco Fire Department completed a seven-hour technical rescue operation at Dead Man's Point in the Land's End area after an adult became stranded on a cliff, firefighters announced on soci…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/san-francisco-fire-departmen…
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web search NEUTRAL — [RING the BELL] - SAN FRANCISCO Fire Department | Battalion 1, Engine 2 & Truck 2 responding! Firescue112.Hanging at Fire Station 12 in the Haight! Haight Street Voice.
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web search NEUTRAL — The San Francisco Fire Department completed a seven-hour technical rescue operation at Dead Man's Point in the Land's End area after an adult became stranded on a cliff, firefighters announced on soci…
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