Couple rescued by North Shore Fire after falling down bluff in Whitefish Bay

WHITEFISH BAY -- Officials with the North Shore Fire Department on Sunday, August 7th rescued a man and woman who fell down a bluff on Palisades Road -- near Lake Drive and Henry Clay in Whitefish Bay.

It happened shortly before 3:00 p.m.

The man and woman, in their early 80s, were walking near the bluff when they fell.

The man was able to scramble back up the bluff on his own.

The woman was rescued by North Shore firefighters.

It is estimated they fell about 50 feet.

Both were taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

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