Working for two hours under skies that threatened rain, and with thunder rolling overhead, Twentynine Palms firefighters, along with National Park Service rangers and search and rescue volunteers, worked to free a teenager who slipped and fell in the Rattlesnake Canyon area of Joshua Tree National Park Sunday afternoon. County Fire Captain Chris Hayes said the boy was climbing on rocks when he slipped and fell 20 to 30 feet into a crevice where he became stuck between two large boulders about 2:30 p.m. Rescuers had to climb up to get to him and then pulled him out using a rope system. He was carried out on a stretcher and then flown to a nearby hospital.
Video courtesy Jennifer Ruggiero
