The emergency services in Arlington, Virginia were called on yesterday to rescue a man from the top of a 75 metre tower crane.
The tower crane in Arlington on which the man collapsed
The man in his 50s, thought to be the crane operator, had suffered some sort of medical problem and was lying on the crane’s back mast/rear jib.
While the man is tended to the stretcher is hauled up
A technical rescue team from the Arlington County Fire Department climbed the crane stabilised the man and secured him in a rescue stretcher and then were able to use the crane to lower him safely to the ground.
The stretcher is lowered by the crane itself.
Source: Vertial.net