Chicago Firefighters Rescue Worker Dangling from Cell Tower

On Thursday evening, Chicago (IL) firefighters rescued a worker left hanging from his harness on a cell phone tower, according to news sources.

The Chicago Sun-Times (http://bit.ly/1vUAj3D) reports that the man had slipped and was dangling for more than 30 minutes.

Firefighters responded to the incident about 6:15 p.m. and effected the rescue in less than an hour. The worker was uninjured, according to the report.

Read more at http://bit.ly/1vUAj3D.

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