TORONTO (AP) – A woman who was stuck on the top part of a construction crane in downtown Toronto for hours was rescued Wednesday after being strapped to a rappelling firefighter and lowered to the ground.
The woman had been perched on a gently swaying large pulley device for at least four hours and was clinging to a steel cable when a rescuer reached her.
Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg said his crew had never seen an incident like this before.
“It’s an outstanding success,” Pegg said of the operation. “We train for this, although we’ve never seen one like this before.”
He added, “She was brought down safely, she didn’t appear to be in any distress. This was a very technical, very complex rescue.”