SIOUX CITY FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL PERFORMED A ROPE RESCUE AT A CELL PHONE TOWER IN RIVERSIDE EARLY MONDAY EVENING.
THE INCIDENT BEGAN JUST BEFORE 5 P.M. IN THE 800 BLOCK OF FLORENCE AVENUE WHEN A WORKER BECAME TRAPPED AROUND 200 FEET HIGH WHEN A TEMPORARY POLE DISLODGED, PINNING THE WORKERS FOOT.
TWO OTHER TOWER WORKERS WERE ABLE TO FREE HIM AND LOWER HIM TO A PLATFORM THAT WAS 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.
SIOUX CITY FIRE RESCUE DEPLOYED THE HIGH-ANGLE ROPE RESCUE TEAM AND CLIMBED THE TOWER TO THE PLATFORM.
THEY SAFELY LOWERED THE PATIENT TO THE GROUND.
THE UNIDENTIFIED VICTIM WAS TREATED FOR NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AND TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
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