Army Soldier Survives 70-Foot Fall into Active Volcano, Rescuers Risk Lives To Save Him

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Army Soldier Survives 70-Foot Fall into Active Volcano, Rescuers Risk Lives To Save Him
 
 By Kim Davis
Published May 4, 2019 at 9:07am
 

A 32-year-old U.S. Army soldier was visiting Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano when he climbed over the safety guard for a better look and fell from a 300-foot cliff into the volcano’s caldera.

The man happened to land on a narrow ledge about 70 feet down and survived the fall. According to National Park Service officials, the man fell at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time on May 1 and was rescued around 9 p.m. that same night.

The man’s name has been withheld, but according to KGMB, he is a Schofield Barracks soldier who was on the Big Island with his unit as part of a training mission.

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