Parachuting Santa Claus In California Rescued After Entanglement With Power Lines
Recently, a parachuting Santa Claus in Rio Linda, California had to be rescued by fire fighters after having an entanglement with some power lines.
The incident occurred on Sunday (Dec. 20) after a man dressed as Santa Claus got stuck inside his parachute on some power lines in Sacramento County’s Rio Linda. In addition to Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District officials and California Highway Patrol’s North Sacramento Office officials responding to the call, the latter took to their official Facebook to share the news with photos of the incident.
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A spokesperson with the FAA stated, “A powered parachute lost power on takeoff near a school in Rio Linda, Calif., and then hit and became suspended in power lines around 11:00 a.m. local time (Sunday).” Following the incident, power was immediately shut off to about 200 customers. Chris Vestal with Sac Metro Fire shared that the man dressed as St. Nick simply wanted to “deliver candy canes to kids that were playing through in the community. We commend him for that. It’s unfortunate, but we all need to remember that there’s still a lot of good out in the world, there are people doing good things and to look at the brightness of the holiday season.”
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