Girl Almost Falls Off Cliff

Caught this video on tv today and couldn't believe it--nice move by the cousin to rescue the adorable Alaina from a 150-foot fall:

Toddler Survives Near-Cliff Fall
Toddler Nearly Falls Off Cliff; Saved By Cousin
By IMAEYEN IBANGA
Nov. 13, 2008 —

When the Pitton family stopped to capture images of its coastal Oregon tour, things briefly took a scary detour when 3-year-old Alaina Pitton tumbled through a fence perched above a 150-foot cliff.

The family had stopped to snap a photo in Oregon's Ecola State Park when, to the shock and fear of her mother, the toddler fell backwards through a wide opening in the fence.

"We were going to take a picture of the girls when they were standing against the railing," said Alaina's mother Charlotte Pitton. "Alaina just kind of stepped back."

"If she would have stood back up," Pitton said, "she would have been gone."

But acting quickly, cousin Craig Wulfekuhle managed to grab the child before she fell down the cliff.

"Craig, our cousin from Iowa, had started to jump over the fence before Alaina finished falling," Pitton said. (link)

Nice job by CBS to post the video.