Sassnitz cliffside fall leaves tourist stranded overnight

A tourist from the Ruhr area spent a night on the cliffs near Sassnitz on the island of Rügen after falling in the dark. The man reportedly fell while walking on a Friday evening, resulting in a foot injury and the loss of his mobile phone.

Unable to call for help, the man spent the night at the base of the approximately 30 meter high cliff in temperatures between eight and nine degrees Celsius. He managed to locate his phone on Saturday morning and alerted emergency services himself. Fire department official Marcel Gau noted that the man was found on the beach at the foot of the cliff after climbing down in the morning.