A full view of the West End Breakwater from the end of Commercial Street to Long Point
PROVINCETOWN – Provincetown fire crews were called to a rescue at the West End Breakwater around noon Tuesday. According to reports, a man fell on the popular walking route to Long Point. Because it was low tide a boat could not respond so National Park Service Rangers took EMTs to the scene via a 4-wheel drive vehicle. The victim had to be extricated from the rocks and was driven to Herring Cove Beach where an ambulance was waiting. He was then taken to Provincetown Municipal Airport to meet a MedFlight helicopter to be flown to an off-Cape trauma center.
Firefighters respond to multiple rescues at the breakwater each year.
