A tree ultimately broke his fall, saving the man from an additional, potentially fatal, 100-foot fall to the caldera floor

A Bostonian slipped right off the edge of a cliff while trying to get a close-up look at Hawaii’s Kīlauea Volcano erupting — but miraculously survived. A man plummeted 30 feet off a cliff while trying to see the Kīlauea Volcano erupt in Hawaii.