A maintenance worker in Illinois ended up stuck on the inside of a truck stop sign 130 feet in the air after his lift malfunctioned.
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So, his lift broke and the man was left stranded inside the sign for five hours waiting for rescue.
ABC 7 says their chopper arrived at the scene at about 3:30 p.m. The man had already been up there since a little after 11:00 a.m., so 4 hours at that point.
Here's ABC 7 in Chicago:
There was a huge police response, and a crane was seen being brought in.
The man could be seen inside the sign. He even gave Chopper 7 a 'thumbs up.'
The man appeared to be in good spirits.
Just before 4 p.m., the man was seen getting into the crane basket and slowly brought down to the ground.
He was then placed into a Wilmington Fire Department ambulance.
Here he is on the trip down:
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The worker said he was okay after the incident and that he didn't want or need any medical treatment.
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