Helicopter rescues man from 310-foot-tall crane
Published: February 25, 2006
A Fire Department helicopter plucked a worker with chest pains from atop a 310-foot-tall crane at a Century City construction site Thursday.
The crane operator could not climb down the ladder from the crane cab and because there was no other operator on site, the crane itself could not be used to lower the man, Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said.
Use of a basket and pully system to lower the man was also ruled out because of the height.
Ground-based paramedic firefighters had already climbed up the crane to treat the man and he was in stable condition before the rescue, Humphrey said. He said the operator was about 60 years old.
“They gave him words of confidence and reassurance, but he’s a rugged man,” Humphrey said, noting that the man routinely works hundreds feet above the ground.
The man was placed in a harness with a helicopter paramedic and hoisted into the aircraft for a quick flight to UCLA Medical Center for examination.
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