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Two trapped teens rescued from Matamoras cliffs

Late Monday Night several area rope rescue teams were called to the cliffs almost directly in front of my house in Matamoras, Pennsylvania. According to a post from the Port Jervis Fire Department two youths were "stuck on the side of the mountain on Mountain Avenue." A helicopter and 6 rope rescue technicians working with crews from Westfall, Pennsylvania and Sparrowbush, New York located the teens and got them safely off the cliffs. Several local streets in Matamoras were closed as the helicopter shining bright lights hovered very close to the cliffs. The teens might have ventured up the cliffs to spray paint their graduating class year on rocks high above Delaware Valley High School. Which is an annual tradition but very dangerous. It gets dark very quickly during the late afternoon. Which meant it was pitch black on top of the cliffs. The kids might have been foolish to venture on to the cliffs in the first place. However, they were smart enough to stop and call for help when it got dark. First Responders are always there to help us anytime of the day or night. This week two kids and their parents got the best Christmas Git anyone could ever ask for thanks to heroic first responders in Pike and Orange County.

Port Jervis Fire Department

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