I got the day off!
Man survives 85-foot suicide plunge
Posted: 1:48 PM, Thursday, August 16, 2007
A Cottage Grove man survived an 85-foot fall from a construction crane in downtown Eugene during an apparent suicide attempt Thursday morning.
The man had tied a rope around his neck and wrapped the American flag around his shoulders. As people watched below, he climbed through the bars of the crane arm and hung by his hands for about a minute before letting go, Eugene police said. The crane was located at the construction site of an affordable housing complex, at 265 W. 8th St., near the WOW Hall.
The rope snapped and he plunged toward earth. He crashed through some plywood supported by wooden trusses about 12 feet above the ground, then fell onto gravel.
The 33-year-old man was conscious when emergency workers reached him. He was being treated at Sacred Heart Medical Center. His condition was not immediately available.
Posted: 1:48 PM, Thursday, August 16, 2007
A Cottage Grove man survived an 85-foot fall from a construction crane in downtown Eugene during an apparent suicide attempt Thursday morning.
The man had tied a rope around his neck and wrapped the American flag around his shoulders. As people watched below, he climbed through the bars of the crane arm and hung by his hands for about a minute before letting go, Eugene police said. The crane was located at the construction site of an affordable housing complex, at 265 W. 8th St., near the WOW Hall.
The rope snapped and he plunged toward earth. He crashed through some plywood supported by wooden trusses about 12 feet above the ground, then fell onto gravel.
The 33-year-old man was conscious when emergency workers reached him. He was being treated at Sacred Heart Medical Center. His condition was not immediately available.