Stranded Sky Lift Riders Rescued at AL Zoo

March 7, 2022
Montgomery Fire/Rescue firefighters rescued a number of people who were stranded when the zoo's sky lift stopped working.

Ten people were rescued after being stranded in the air on a sky lift in Alabama, officials say.

Firefighters responded to the Montgomery Zoo, where people were “suspended in the air in various locations throughout the grounds,” Montgomery Fire/Rescue wrote on Facebook on Saturday, March 5.

The sky lift’s emergency release wasn’t working, officials said, so firefighters used a firetruck’s aerial ladder to get 6 people down. Zoo workers used a lull to rescue the others, officials said.

Officials posted photos of the rescue, showing firefighters helping people off the lift and down the ladder.

“Great job by Montgomery Fire/Rescue and the Montgomery Zoo staff on a successful rescue as there were no injuries to civilian, Zoo workers or Fire/Rescue personnel,” rescuers wrote on Facebook.

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