Holy SHIT! dude just fell off roof near my work!
 

:eek:

a guy fell almost 30 ft off a ladder. Might have been putting up xmas lights of something.

take extra care if you guys are doing similar stuff.

Ambulance and Fire truck are attending now. hope he's ok.

Hope hes okay!

30 ft is enough to kill someone.

Been there done that, hurts like a motherfucker. My fall was about 20 feet, 30 would be a lot worse.

thats right

hurtrs like a mutha fucka

i think he landed on the wet lawn so it shoulda been softer. they carted him off on a strecher, and not a body bag, so at least he's alive.

Hopefully nothing to serious, scary sight I'm sure.

i click on this thread expecting to get bel-air'ed
I was dissapointed

30 feet is pretty damn high


tats roughly 2 stores high?

if 30 feet didn't kill him he will probably be crippled for life anyways. i'd rather die.

damn, atleast he's on a stretcher

Depends how you land. I fell just over 20 feet and landed flat on my back on gravel. I didn't have any lingering injuries, concussion (this was in the 80's and was classified a 7 day headache) and a sore leg. I was only 11 or 12 years old I don't know if that helped or not. If my kid climbs on the neighbors roof with his friends I'm going to hit him with a belt.


Closer to 3.

Next time get a cherry picker.

pics or it didnt happen

hope he recovers, that's a shitty way to celebrate Christmas

were you working or fooling around ? lol

Just do what this guy did...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P59qS0vhMEA

crazy stunt...lol... his steps looks kinda stiff after the jump tho ..LOL
internal injury ?

Hope the guys ok..

i just noticed someone propped his ladder back up onto the house. hope they ain't gonna tempt fate.

i don't have a video of it if thats what you're asking. i have a pic of the emerg vehicles on scene.

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._5139385_n.jpg

he went over on that pointy bit on the right. landed in the neighbors yard. note the distance from the bottom of the firetruck to that point on the roof above the two small windows.

goddamn thats gotta hurt.

IMO, Christmas lights aren't worth the risk of injury involved.

Kev

Damn... I've fell off a tree when I was little and even though I landed perfectly on my feet, the impact was still fuckin' hard!!
Hope that guy is ok ><

i'm sure the guy and his family won't attempt putting lights up for awhile.

A 30ft drop means you will hit the ground at about 50km/h.