Man crawls to safety 4 days after falling from cliff
ELYRIA, Ohio — Ohio police say a man who fell down a cliff and spent four days in a ravine was rescued after he crawled onto a nearby golf course, despite having broken his legs, pelvis, and wrist.
A worker at the course in Elyria, Ohio, was doing routine maintenance when he stumbled upon 30-year-old Gerald Muskiewicz and called for help, said Elyria Police Capt. Chris Costantino.
Muskiewicz was naked and suffering from hypothermia when he was found. Muskiewicz told officers he had stripped his clothes off after falling because they had gotten soaked in a river and the weather was getting chilly. Temperatures in Elyria, about 25 miles (40 kilometres) west of Cleveland, dipped into the 50s over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
“He’s very fortunate,” Costantino said. “If it wasn’t for the worker who was able to find him, the end result certainly could have been tragic.”