Overview

• A man was rescued two days after his car plunged 400 feet down a California cliff, following a swerve to avoid deer.
• The California Highway Patrol's Coastal Division Air Operations Unit conducted the rescue after the man was spotted waving a makeshift flag beside his wrecked vehicle.
• The man, an employee at the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, had been missing since leaving work late Sunday night.
• Despite the dramatic fall and being stranded for two days, the man suffered only moderate injuries and was stable at the point of rescue.
• Multiple agencies, including the Big Sur Fire Department, participated in the complex rescue operation.