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Eight-Hour Rescue Saves Man Atop 270-Foot Siliguri Tower
An unidentified man climbed to the top of a very tall tower in Siliguri.
The tower was about 270 feet high.
He sat on a single metal rod without a railing or a seat.
Rescue workers began trying to bring him down around 7 p.m.
Expert climbers, police, officials and Civil Defence workers worked together.
The rescuers used food to encourage him to climb lower.
They then secured him with a rope and placed him on a stretcher.
He was safely brought down at about 11:30 p.m.
An unidentified man was found sitting atop a 270-foot BSNL mobile tower at Kanchanjunga Stadium in Siliguri.
The man was first spotted at about 4 p.m., and the rescue operation began around 7 p.m.
Expert mountaineers, BSNL officials, police, Civil Defence personnel and district administrators joined the operation.
Rescuers used food to persuade the man to descend before securing him with a rope.
The man was brought down safely on a stretcher at around 11:30 p.m. after an operation lasting about eight hours.
- Who
- An unidentified man was rescued by mountaineers, police, Civil Defence personnel, BSNL officials and district administrators.
- What
- A man was safely brought down from the top of a 270-foot BSNL mobile tower.
- Where
- At the BSNL mobile tower at Kanchanjunga Stadium in Siliguri.
- When
- He was spotted around 4 p.m.; the operation began around 7 p.m. and ended at approximately 11:30 p.m.
- Why
- Rescuers acted to bring the man safely down after he climbed to the tower’s top.
Key facts
- Location
- Kanchanjunga Stadium, Siliguri
- Tower height
- 270 feet
- Man’s identity
- Unidentified
- Time first spotted
- Around 4 p.m.
- Operation start
- Around 7 p.m.
- Rescue completed
- Around 11:30 p.m.
- Rescue duration
- About eight hours
Quotes
Krishna Barman
Civil Defence team member involved in the rescue operation
“We began the operation at 7 o'clock. It was very difficult.”
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Sources
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