Scaffold collapse heroes honored
Published: July 6, 2007
THREE rescue heroes have been honoured for saving a woman who was buried under scaffolding.
Sarah Jane McGeachy was pinned to the ground after gales toppled three storeys of scaffolding in Edinburgh’s Palmerston Place.
Yesterday, Josephine Kay, Peter Mountford-Smith and Murat Dilek were all given bravery awards from Lothian and Borders Police.
All three rushed to help when they heard the 31-year-old’s screams.
They clambered over the collapsed scaffolding and removed debris, relieving pressure on Sarah Jane’s back and allowing her to breathe.
Sarah Jane suffered a broken back and could have died had a lamppost not taken the brunt of the collapse during the incident in 2005.
She spent two months in hospital.
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