I can't help but find this kind of funny, considering the man is okay and that no real harm was done. And, I know the feeling of being in a tight attic space in the middle of summer here in Florida!
07/09/03
Cable installer trapped in attic
HARBOUR HEIGHTS -- Tuesday wasn't a good day for David Brown.
The cable installer, a subcontractor for Comcast, found himself stuck in an attic for a half-hour before he was rescued.
"I just crawled into a place I couldn't get out of," Brown said after he was freed by Charlotte County Fire & EMS. He was laying cable at a house on Chesterfield Road in the Harbour Heights area when he got trapped around 10 a.m.
The residents of the house, who were downstairs, realized Brown's predicament when they heard him yelling "I'm stuck, call 911!"
Fire & EMS arrived quickly. After analyzing the situation, they determined they could free Brown by cutting a non-load-bearing truss, said Fire & EMS spokeswoman Dee Hawkins.
The situation sounds comical -- until one considers the temperature. "If it's 90 (degrees) outside, it's 110 in the attic," said Steve Demay, a Comcast employee who was also laying cable at the house.
Brown was unharmed in the ordeal. Afterward, he lay on the driveway, recuperating.
"How hot do you think it was? It's an attic in Florida in July," he said. He got the rest of the day off.
