Firefighters were conducting an operation to recover the body of a person off a cliff near the Sunken City in San Pedro, the Los Angeles Fire Department said Tuesday.
Crews were first sent to the area at around 2:20 p.m. to provide medical aid, but after an investigation, they determined that it was a deceased person below the cliff on the rocks.
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The deceased was described to be a 29-year-old male.
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