Woman clings to tree root while dangling 300 feet off Oregon cliff, rescuers say

A fallen hiker stopped her slide down a 300-foot cliff by clinging to a tree root at Multnomah Falls, Oregon firefighters said.

The woman fell off a trail at the falls at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27, and slid about 30 feet before grabbing onto a root, KPTV reported.

Bystanders threw her a rope to help her hang on, firefighters with Corbett Fire District 14 reported on Twitter.

Firefighters responded and lowered a rescuer on a rope to pull the woman to safety, photos posted by the agency show.

The woman was unhurt, firefighters said on Twitter.

She had fallen while taking a photo just past a bridge leading to the waterfall, KGW reported. Her son was with her.

“She was very, very lucky,” Rick Wunsch of the fire agency told the station.

This story was originally published December 28, 2021 at 6:46 AM with the headline "Woman clings to tree root while dangling 300 feet off Oregon cliff, rescuers say."