Individual rescued from towering crane in Texas, Fort Worth Fire Department says

Responders rescued an individual from the cab of a towering crane in Texas on Saturday, according to the Fort Worth Fire Department.

The department detailed the save in a Saturday Facebook post, which noted that the individual was about 220 feet high.

“The Fort Worth Fire Department Alarm Office received a call for a medical emergency at 11:50am today,” the post noted, explaining, “The location was at … the construction site at JPS Health Hospital. Upon arrival, crews found that the patient was actually located approximately 220 feet up in the air, inside of a crane cab.”

Responders climbed up, provided medical aid, and lowered the individual to the ground, the department noted.

“When technical rescue teams arrived on scene, they gathered gear and began their ascent up the crane’s ladder. They carried with them all of the equipment they would need for the entire rescue on their backs,” the department said.

The Fort Worth Fire Department shared photos in a Facebook post that described a rescue operation to lower an individual from a towering crane. (Facebook/Fort Worth Fire Department)

“Upon arrival at the top of the crane (over 22 stories in the air), they went to work. Immediate emergency medical care was started while technical rescue teams began devising a plan for the patient’s safe descent,” the department continued.

“Once the patient was safely hooked up to the ropes and rigging system, the crews had him lowered and on the ground. This all happened within less than an hour of their making it to him initially,” the post read.

The department shared multiple photos of the heroic rescue effort.

The Fort Worth Fire Department shared photos in a Facebook post that described a rescue operation to lower an individual from a towering crane. (Facebook/Fort Worth Fire Department)

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“The crane operator was then transported to the hospital in stable condition,” the department added.