Teen rescued after getting stuck dangling 700 feet above river on California's tallest bridge
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A teenager was rescued Monday night from beneath the catwalk of Foresthill Bridge — California's tallest — where he hung suspended from a rope he used while filming a stunt a gone awry, authorities said.
The 19-year-old became stuck dangling from the underside of the bridge when his equipment failed and he was unable to pull himself back up and onto the catwalk. The teenager's rope was about 30 feet long, the Placer County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post.
Towering 730 feet above the North Fork of the American River near Sacramento, the Foresthill Bridge is California's tallest, and one of the tallest in the United States. It sits between the city of Auburn and the town of Foresthill in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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