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A man spent days trapped in a crevasse on the San Diego cliffside after his plan to build a tunnel shelter failed, according to the fire department.

According to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, the man was trapped from the waist down and the opening was only 18 inches.

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(SAN DIEGO) -- A man who slipped on the side of a San Diego cliff and became trapped under broken concrete has been freed following a "treacherous" hourslong rescue. San Diego Fire-Rescue said it responded to the Sunset Cliffs area around 3:40 p.m. local time Thursday to a report of a person trapped in a hole along the cliffside. The man was uninjured but trapped from the waist down in a crevasse along the cliff, San Diego Fire-Rescue said. The hole was about 18 inches in diameter, "which has caused extreme difficulty in getting him out," rescu...

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(SAN DIEGO) -- A man who slipped on the side of a San Diego cliff and became trapped under broken concrete has been freed following a "treacherous" hourslong rescue. San Diego Fire-Rescue said it responded to the Sunset Cliffs area around 3:40 p.m. local time Thursday to a report of a person trapped in a hole along the cliffside. The man was uninjured but trapped from the waist down in a crevasse along the cliff, San Diego Fire-Rescue said. The hole was about 18 inches in diameter, "which has caused extreme difficulty in getting him out," rescu...

Rescuers were concerned about the man drowning, but were able to extricate him by using micro-explosives to break apart rocks