Sleepwalking teen brought down from crane
A teenage sleepwalker was rescued after being found fast asleep 130 feet up on the arm of a crane, police said Wednesday.
The teen-ager, who has not been named, had climbed up the crane and walked across a narrow metal beam while fast asleep during the incident, which happened on June 25.
It is believed the teen-ager had walked out unnoticed from her home near the site in Dulwich, southeast London.
Her parents could not be reached, but a mysterious note was found on the kitchen counter, reading, "Our daughter is a 'sleepwalker.' She sometimes wanders about while we're asleep. We have no idea where she goes, and we would never slip sedatives into her dinner and leave her on top of a crane. Ever."
She was brought down in a hydraulic lift after a two-hour rescue operation.
"Police and London Fire Brigade attended and the woman was brought down from the crane at around 4 a.m. and taken to hospital for precautionary checks," a police spokeswoman said.
Precautionary checks are pretty standard in a case like this. You know, just in case she was dropped during the rescue operation and nobody noticed.
A teenage sleepwalker was rescued after being found fast asleep 130 feet up on the arm of a crane, police said Wednesday.
The teen-ager, who has not been named, had climbed up the crane and walked across a narrow metal beam while fast asleep during the incident, which happened on June 25.
It is believed the teen-ager had walked out unnoticed from her home near the site in Dulwich, southeast London.
Her parents could not be reached, but a mysterious note was found on the kitchen counter, reading, "Our daughter is a 'sleepwalker.' She sometimes wanders about while we're asleep. We have no idea where she goes, and we would never slip sedatives into her dinner and leave her on top of a crane. Ever."
She was brought down in a hydraulic lift after a two-hour rescue operation.
"Police and London Fire Brigade attended and the woman was brought down from the crane at around 4 a.m. and taken to hospital for precautionary checks," a police spokeswoman said.
Precautionary checks are pretty standard in a case like this. You know, just in case she was dropped during the rescue operation and nobody noticed.
"hey! what are you doing up there, girl?"
"who? me? i'm asleep. whaddayatink?"
Didn't that happen in, like, an old Popeye cartoon?