District of North Vancouver firefighters, North Shore Rescue all called to help transport the man out of the park
A man in his early 20s is dead after a fatal cliff-jumping incident in North Vancouver on Wednesday .
Ferguson said the the fire department dispatched a full swift-water rescue response to the Twin Falls area of Lynn Canyon. He said crews immediately started a search at the river's edge, along with an inflatable rescue boat. Ferguson said the firefighters had to use a rope system to carry them up to the pathway in the trail system to two waiting ambulance crews. They then had to carry him out to the staging area of the meadows, which Ferguson said has a number of stairs.
Ferguson said the fire department is called out"quite regularly" for people who need assistance, whether it's for someone who needs help in the water or someone who injured themselves on a trail.
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