Men climb tower to be 'closer to Jesus'

[rwenzori]

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20081226064850424C789812

December 26 2008 at 07:47AM

Two men were rescued from a 50 metre radio tower in Lenasia on Thursday, after they climbed up to be "closer to Jesus" on Christmas, paramedics said.

"When we arrived at the radio tower at 7.30am, we found two men aged 28, and 30, sitting on the tower from the night before for almost 20 hours with no water or food," said ER24 spokesperson Werner Vermaak.

"A bystander who spotted the men sitting on the tower, alerted police and emergency services who then arrived at the scene and tried to persuade the men to climb down."

He said after the men refused to climb down, paramedics and members of the fire department climbed up the tower to speak to them.

They then found that one of the men spread salt along the tower's ladder, in order to "protect them''.

"After two hours of negotiating, the men decided to climb down willingly with the assistance of the paramedics and rescue workers... a sky lift was used to lower them down to the ground."

Once the men were lowered to the ground, one after the other, they were assessed by paramedics...both declined any transportation or hospital treatment and were taken into police custody.

Police were investigating. - Sapa

Nearer, my god, to thee, LOL!

 

[Lord Anubis]

Why not take a plane ride dumb@sses

 

[metalcore]

I was going to say only in America

 

[gregmcc]

Damn yobbo's!

 

[CrazyMadMan]

Religion = A drug that makes most people think or do stupid things.

 

[daveza]

One slip and they would be as close as they could get.

 

[Gomario]

This has nothing to do with God ! Immigrants (african) do all sorts of stupid things to attract attention and pity. And no this is not America - welcum to the 'new South Africa'

 

[Phenom]

I was going to say only in America

Only in Africa?


People here will do anything to increase connection speeds

 

[Phenom]

Religion = A drug that makes most people think or do stupid things.

Nah, drugs are nicer.

 

[Picard]

Religion = A drug that makes most people think or do stupid things.

That's a well thought through statement.

 

[Road runner]

Just 50m?? Thats not a tower?

 

[LazyLion]

they're not closer to Jesus... but definitely getting closer to being Darwin Candidates.

 

[metalcore]

This has nothing to do with God ! Immigrants (african) do all sorts of stupid things to attract attention and pity. And no this is not America - welcum to the 'new South Africa'

Who said these were african immigrants???? White Zimbabwean immigrants maybe?

 

[PeterCH]

Nearer, my god, to thee, LOL!

Well at least they weren't in Treblinka, eh?