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A 32-year-old soldier, straining to get a better view of the inside of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, was seriously injured after he fell from a 300-foot-high cliff into the volcano crater.According to a parks spokesman, the man climbed over a metal guardrail to get a better vantage point. Then the ground beneath him collapsed.
A 32-year-old U.S. Army soldier climbed over the permanent railing of an active volcano in Hawaii to get a closer look, fell in, and survived, authorities said.The man, who is based at the Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island, was visiting the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday when he fell from a 300-foot cliff at Kilauea caldera's edge after losing his footing, the National Park Service said in a statement.Luckily, about two and a half hours later, he was found on a narrow ledge about 70 feet down from the cliff’s edge. Responders were able to rescue him through a “high angle extraction†using ropes. Authorities said the man, who was seriously injured, was airlifted to Hilo Medical Center in Hilo, Hawaii.
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Matthias Kusch, Hawaii County Fire Department battalion chief, told Hawaii News Now that the man is "doing remarkably well for his fall. Only time will tell what injuries he has."
