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23-11-2023, 06:40 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-67509978
Video on the above link
[A crane operator has rescued a worker
from a roof close to a burning building.
Firefighters were called to the Station Hill
development in Reading, which has since
been cordoned off, at 11:40 GMT.
Video footage from social media shows a
person being lifted by a crane from the
roof of a building, prompting applause from
a crowd below.
Crane operator Glen Edwards said it had
been a "very close call" due to swirling winds.
"I looked out my left-hand window and saw
a guy standing on the corner of the building,"
said the 65-year-old, from Egham, Surrey.
"I'd only just seen him and someone said
'can you get the cage on', so that was it,
I got the cage on and got it over to him
the best I could.
"I tried to put the cage down
between him and the flames,
but I was hampered by the wind swirling
around there.
But I got the cage down and I managed
to get him in there."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12784767/Reading-Fire-Terrifying-moment-worker-trapped-16-storey-burning-tower-desperately-waves-help-coat-flames-roar-just-inches-feet-modest-crane-driver-winched-safety-plays-heroics.html
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/23/12/78156737-12783899-Images_and_videos_have_emerged_on_social_media_sho wing_thick_bla-a-17_1700743534380.jpg
Video on the above link
[A crane operator has rescued a worker
from a roof close to a burning building.
Firefighters were called to the Station Hill
development in Reading, which has since
been cordoned off, at 11:40 GMT.
Video footage from social media shows a
person being lifted by a crane from the
roof of a building, prompting applause from
a crowd below.
Crane operator Glen Edwards said it had
been a "very close call" due to swirling winds.
"I looked out my left-hand window and saw
a guy standing on the corner of the building,"
said the 65-year-old, from Egham, Surrey.
"I'd only just seen him and someone said
'can you get the cage on', so that was it,
I got the cage on and got it over to him
the best I could.
"I tried to put the cage down
between him and the flames,
but I was hampered by the wind swirling
around there.
But I got the cage down and I managed
to get him in there."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12784767/Reading-Fire-Terrifying-moment-worker-trapped-16-storey-burning-tower-desperately-waves-help-coat-flames-roar-just-inches-feet-modest-crane-driver-winched-safety-plays-heroics.html
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/23/12/78156737-12783899-Images_and_videos_have_emerged_on_social_media_sho wing_thick_bla-a-17_1700743534380.jpg