TX Crews Rescue Man Dangling by Rope from High-Rise

Members of the Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County EMS performed a high-angle rescue to save a man clinging to an emergency rope on the side of a skyscraper.

By Hojun Choi

Source Austin American-Statesman

April 2, 2021

Austin, TX, firefighters and Austin-Travis County EMS crews performed a high-angle rescue to save a man dangling from an emergency rope on the side of a skyscraper Thursday.

Austin rescue crews on Thursday saved a man who was left stranded and dangling from a rope on the side of a downtown Austin skyscraper, Austin-Travis County EMS officials said.

EMS officials tweeted around 3.34 p.m. on Thursday that it was notified of a man who was "dangling from an emergency rope" on the side of the Ashton Austin, a residential high rise in downtown Austin.

Around 4:06 p.m., EMS officials tweeted that the man was saved by rescue crews who pulled him in from a nearby balcony, adding that the man was not injured and refused being taken to the hospital.

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