Football Players See Woman Dangling From Cliff And Rush To Pull Her To Safety.

Every year, the players of the Dixie State University football team hike up to the top of Sugarloaf, a cliff overlooking St. George, Utah. According to freshman player, Micha Gardner, the trip is supposed to be symbolic of the team’s responsibility to “be a light and represent all of St. George.”Except, they had no idea they’d be serving as that light as soon as they reached the top. 

During their hike up, the team was approached by a man who was pleading for help. His hiking partner had somehow gotten her hair tangled in her rope while scaling the cliff and had been dangling there, stuck, for close to an hour! 

Wasting no time, the team jumped into action to come up with a plan to safely pull her back up. They split into two groups, with one using their leverage to pull the rope to bring her to the top of the rock, and the other group at the bottom ready to catch her in case she fell. 

The team was confident in their ability to bring her up to the rock though, because they “had plenty of muscle to be able to get her up pretty quickly,”according to the team’s head coach, Paul Peterson.

After some careful maneuvering, the guys were able to bring the woman back to safety. By the time she was back at the top of the cliff, she was definitely dehydrated and disoriented, but otherwise in good condition. 

In fact, she made a joke that “next time”she’d be sure to tie her hair up to avoid another situation like this. As funny as the joke was, Micha was shocked. He said, “I was like ‘next time’? If that was me, I don’t know if I’m getting back on there!â€

After the rescue, team coach Loni Fangupo posted a video on Twitter, and said “We had no idea that God put us here to pull a young lady to safety today. The boys [were] quick to react and willing to lend a hand.†

You can watch the video below – and be sure to share the heroism with your friends, too!

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