A RESCUE mission was launched after a man became trapped in boulders on a beach.
A large emergency response including police, fire, ambulance and coastguard crews were called to the seafront off Ham Road in Worthing this evening to assist the man.
Pictures from the scene show a stretcher being brought over to a section of rock armour on the beach.
Emergency services then worked together to free the man.
A passerby said they believed it was the man's foot which had become trapped in the rocks.
They also praised the work of emergency crews, who were able to release him.
A Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokesman said: "This evening at 6.03pm, Shoreham Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to a report from South Central Ambulance Service of a person with a trapped foot in rocks on East Worthing Sea Front.
"West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service extracted the person from the rocks and transferred the male into ambulance care."
A West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: "We were called at 6.10pm to a report of a man trapped in some rocks on the beach in Worthing.
"Two appliances from Worthing and the Technical Rescue Unit team from Horley attended to support the South East Coast Ambulance Service and the Coastguard. We left the scene at 6.40pm."
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