Overview
- Fort Worth’s Tactical Rescue Team, dispatched after Wednesday evening’s call, reached a crane cab about 220 feet above the JPS construction site and began medical care.
- Firefighters determined the operator could not descend the crane’s ladder because of his condition.
- The team rigged ropes and safely lowered him to the roof of a nearby parking garage under construction for ambulance transport to a hospital, where officials said he was expected to be OK.
- The operation, which ran from 7:32 p.m. to 9:24 p.m. Wednesday, ended with no injuries to firefighters.
- The fire department said the mission reflects the wide range of non-fire emergencies it handles and the continuous training its high-angle specialists do on cranes, bridges, and tall buildings.