A woman called police to report her dad was missing and she used an AirTag to track him to the bottom of a hill next to train tracks.
The Hoboken Fire Department responded at 8:35 a.m. on Friday after the man fell down the cliff just south of the Ninth Street Light Rail elevator.
The man apparently fell about 25 feet below street level on the Hoboken-Jersey City border.
He was injured and had been exposed to freezing temperatures for hours.
The fire department conducted a high-angle rope rescue operation with the assistance with the New Jersey Transit Police Department's Emergency Service Unit.
They put the man in a stokes basket and lifted him safely to Paterson Plank Road in Jersey City.
Officers Erd and Gawin say they train extensively for these kinds of rescues and as recently as a few weeks ago.
The man was taken to the hospital for treatment.
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