Video Release: Coast Guard rescues boy from cliff face in Lewis and Clark State Park, Wash.

ASTORIA, Ore. — A 17 year-old boy is rescued after falling from a 200-foot cliff at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Lewis and Clark State Park, Wash., Sunday, July 25, 2010.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., responded to the scene, hoisted the boy and transported him to Columbia Memorial Hospital.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2^nd Class Josh Hollingshead.

ASTORIA, Ore. – A 17 year-old boy is hoisted into an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter after falling from a 200-foot cliff at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Lewis and Clark State Park, Wash., Sunday, July 25, 2010.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore. responded to the scene, hoisted the boy and transported him to Columbia Memorial Hospital.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Astoria, Ore.

ASTORIA, Ore., - The Coast Guard rescued a 17 year-old boy from a cliff face at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Lewis and Clark State Park, Wash., Sunday.

Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, Wash., received a report at 1:52 p.m. of a boy who had fallen from a 200-foot cliff to an area known as Waikiki Beach.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria was launched along with a 25-foot response boat crew from Station Cape Disappointment. A rescue crew from Pacific County Fire and Rescue also responded to the scene.

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer was lowered and secured the boy before putting him into a rescue basket. The boy was hoisted to the helicopter and transported to Columbia Memorial Hospital where he was last listed in stable condition.

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