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On 3/26/2026 1:22 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

Trump says he is extending the pause on strikes

While you TDS cunts complain because of a humanitarian act.

A first responder is opening up after seven members of the same family
were rescued from a rocky cliffside in Australia.

Peter Collins, a local commander for the New South Wales State Emergency Service in Eurobodalla, led the rescue from the top of the cliff and later shared video of the incident with ABC News.

"I walked up there and saw the seven people, and rCa huge waves almost
breaking over them. You know, I could instantly tell, yeah, this is gonna
be a very serious situation," Collins told ABC News.

The family of tourists -- four adults and three children -- had been
hiking along the shoreline about four hours south of Sydney when the tide
came in quickly and cut off any exits. The family climbed the side of the cliff, up to the water, but became pinned along the rocky edge.

First responders and a helicopter raced to the scene but quickly realized
the wind blast generated from the chopper, or rotorwash, could blow the
hikers off the cliff and into the water.

"[They were] likely just to blow the people off the cliff facing to the
water," Collins explained.

Collins and his team then decided to prepare for a vertical rescue, which
took more than three hours and was caught on camera.

Rescuers had to be lowered down the cliff to reach each of the family
members and pull them up one by one, about 40 meters. They started with
the youngest family member first, a girl who was on the verge of
hypothermia.

"When we were hauling them up the cliff face, they were very white-
knuckled and hanging on for dear life. But they were very glad to get to
the top," Collins recalled.

He added that everyone was "very exhausted" by the end.

"But it was all so good, and I was so proud of my teams as well," he
added.

Australian officials said if the waves had been a foot higher, the family
could have been swept out to sea.

https://abcnews.com/GMA/Living/responder-speaks-after-family-7-rescued- cliff/story?id=132305225

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