Man on top of 290 foot chimney (2 Viewers)

[Gazolba]

With all the modern technology at their disposal, rescuers failed to save the life of a man stuck at the top of a 290 ft chimney.
Seems incredible, we can land a man on the moon and a spaceship on Mars but can't get up a 290 ft structure.
Rescuers called at 02:20 while man still alive
Man brought down 16:45, pronounced dead
www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-50207301

 

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[Covkid1968#]

This whole thing is really odd ..... what the feck was he doing up there..... some form of extreme Santa Claus training/preparation!!!!????

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

With all the modern technology at their disposal, rescuers failed to save the life of a man stuck at the top of a 290 ft chimney.
Seems incredible, we can land a man on the moon and a spaceship on Mars but can't get up a 290 ft structure.
Rescuers called at 02:20 while man still alive
Man brought down 16:45, pronounced dead
www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-50207301

They had the correct technology in the wrong place. I don't quite understand how he was able to hang from the structure, unconscious, without falling off.

 

[Nick]

Why did he go up there in the middle of the night?

 

[OffenhamSkyBlue]

Will we ever find that out now??

 

[Nick]

Madness, it's weird how his leg got caught. Although he might have suffered less if he had just fallen.