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Chaos at California hospital after man climbs into ceiling and gets stuck
Last edited Thu Nov 21, 2024, 07:41 PM - Edit history (1)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/21/california-hospital-patient-stuck-ceilingA patient believed to be under the influence of drugs caused chaos at a California hospital when he climbed into the ceiling of an emergency room, got stuck and had to be freed by firefighters.
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Police discovered he had broken through ceiling tiles, squeezed into the crawl space above them and was located somewhere above the ER.
“Due to the extremely confined space, maze of wires, plumbing, HVAC lines, etc, officers had to use a pole camera to look into the ceiling. Within moments, the subject was located on top of a large HVAC unit and wedged under a steel beam in complete darkness,” police said.
Firefighters were then called after the man admitted he was firmly wedged in place and could not free himself. Extricating the man took an hour and caused $5,000 in damage.
(Little more at link… other than that he was apparently tripping on drugs and has been arrested for felony vandalism. San Antonio regional hospital, Upland CA, east of LA)