TRUXTON, NY (CortacaToday) – A 22-year-old man is recovering after suffering a fall in Cortland County.

The Truxton Fire Department was called to Tinker Falls on Sunday, August 11, 2024, for a report of someone down with multiple injuries. When authorities reached the base of the falls, the unnamed man reportedly could not tell them how long he had been there, but he was last heard from around 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

Firefighters secured him in a rescue basket and carried him about 100 yards out of the wooded area.  He was driven by UTV a mile away to an open field where a helicopter airlifted him to Upstate University Hospital for treatment.