CHARLOTTE — First responders rescued a parachutist from a high-rise building in Uptown overnight Monday, the Charlotte Fire Department said.
Our Channel 9 photographer captured footage of the huge emergency response in the 500 block of South Church Street just before 1 a.m.
Charlotte Fire said crews found Diego Adame suspended about 100 feet in the air, hanging from a tangled parachute against the Mint Museum Tower.
Adame was safely brought onto a nearby rooftop around 1:45 a.m., CFD said.
MEDIC confirmed he was uninjured and officials said they turned the investigation over to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Adame was arrested and charged with trespassing, according to CMPD.
Just after midnight, our photographer spotted a Charlotte firefighter on a ladder outside the Museum Tower.
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“This situation could have ended much differently, but thanks to their skill and teamwork, the individual was safely brought to safety,” Charlotte Fire Chief Reginald Johnson said.
In a statement, Charlotte Fire officials said they wanted to remind the public that “high-risk activities such as unauthorized parachuting or BASE jumping in urban environments pose extreme dangers and can require complex emergency response operations.”
In the video at the top of this webpage, hear crews respond on the police scanner.
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