Firefighters in Virginia staged a daring rescue after a gust of wind blew the cab of a tractor-trailer off a bridge. Wayne B. Boone was driving over the High Rise bridge on Interstate 64 when he lost control of the 18-wheeler and crashed through the guardrail, leaving the cab of the truck dangling 70 feet above the Elizabeth River.
Rescuers used a "series of complex and advanced rope maneuvers" to lower a firefighter into the cab and extract Boone from the vehicle. He was taken the hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.
The Chesapeake Fire Department shared photos of the dramatic rescue on Twitter.
"Chesapeake firefighter Justin Beazley, a member of the technical rescue team, rappels off the side of the I-64 Highrise Bridge to rescue the driver of a tractor-trailer that jackknifed, hanging 70 feet over the Elizabeth River."