THE GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA, FIREFIGHTERS had a high-angle rescue on their hands early Saturday morning. A drunken 21-yr.-old had one of those “Hey guys, watch this!” moments and tried to climb a high-tension power line tower.
Part way up, he encounted the electro-magnetic field that the wires give off and experienced that shocking sensation one gets in those areas. He lost his grip and got his pants-leg entangled in the structure, leaving him dangling upside down 35 ft. off the ground.
Gwinnett County’s Technical Rescue Team had trouble reaching the tower due to the remote terrain and they had to wait for the power company to de-energize the lines before they could rig up the rescue harness.
The unidentified, and now sober, man was taken to the hospital where he was treated for burns he received when he triggered the electrical flash that jolted his grip.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has MORE.
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