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Base jumpers rescued from Essex phone mast | |
(about 13 hours later) | |
Two base jumpers have been rescued after getting stuck on a phone mast. | |
Essex Fire and Rescue said it helped the men after they were snared 20 metres (65 feet) in the air close to Halstead, near Braintree. | |
Fire-fighters arrived shortly before 18:00 BST and had the pair on the ground about 80 minutes later. | |
One of the men's parachutes had become entangled in the structure and the other man had climbed up to help him, Essex Police said. | |
The tangled man sustained a broken ankle and the other was unhurt. | |
A fire service spokesman said: "Crews used the aerial ladder platform to rescue the parachutists from the mast." | A fire service spokesman said: "Crews used the aerial ladder platform to rescue the parachutists from the mast." |
Base jumping is an activity where people jump from fixed objects with a packed parachute - base is an acronym that stands for four categories of places from which one can jump: buildings, antennas, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs). | |
Jumpers are meant to ask the owner of the structure they wish to jump from, and the owner of the landing area for permission before embarking on a jump. |
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