SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies rescued a crewmember of a ship at the Port of Tampa who spent the night suspended upside down by a rope.
On Dec. 7 deputies were told by a ship’s crew that a crewmember had not returned to her ship the night before.
In body camera footage released Tuesday, deputies are seen when they found the woman hanging upside down by her leg from a rope, about 16 feet above the ground.
She was still conscious when deputies and her coworkers freed her and got her safely to the ground. She told deputies she has gotten lost and slipped while attempting to climb down the rope.
The woman sustained only minor injuries, the sheriff’s office said.
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