A major emergency response unfolded at Rockland Lake State Park, near Congers, after an ATV was left hanging from the mountainside, just about to fall into the Hudson River.

Multiple agencies rushed to the scene. Responders included the Congers and Piermont Fire Departments, and the Rockland Technical Rescue Team, together with Rockland County fire personnel, New City Ambulance, Valley Cottage Ambulance, the Wilderness Search & Rescue and Logistics & Confined Space Rescue units, and police.

Rescue teams worked at the difficult location on the mountainside, where the ATV was dangling precariously above the river. After an extensive and difficult operation, the patient was removed safely.