martelli says he was hanging off by his toes and gripping the rock with his fingers. >> i had to get all fours to kind of lean on top of him, because i was starting to slide to. >> martelli put the young man's arms through a strap one by one, all while the waves crashed against the shore and the helicopter's rotor wash swung him around. >> you're talking about, you know, inches on the end of a 100 foot line. you have the ocean ebbing underneath you, in and out. >> the priority is to get him out of that situation, because if we don't get him moved, you know, even if he is injured, if we don't move him, there's a likelihood that he can die there. >> and once martelli got a hold of him, they brought him to the top of the cliff where firefighters rendered aid. i got you, brother. from the time they landed the helicopter in marin county set up for the rescue. got back up and running, grabbed the man and brought him to safety. it was seven minutes. the rescuers say it was a very long seven minutes. >> i talked to him immediately after the rescue, which was pretty, which was pretty cool. >>