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Two Jumpers Saved from Snags

BASE Jumper Rescued in Cincinnati

Witnesses said they saw two people jump from the 49th floor observation tower of the Carew Tower, the city's tallest building. The first parachutist landed safely, they said, but the second got caught and ended up on a ledge outside a closed hotel room window.

"He did two flips and then he snagged on the corner of the hotel and then he swung around and smacked into the building," said Meg Jahnes, a downtown worker who was in a parking garage at the time.

Jahnes said the man was still attached to his chute, which remained caught on the corner of the building. "He just grabbed that window and hung on," she said.

Rescue crews pulled the man to safety through the hotel room window about 20 minutes later and arrested the man. The other jumper wasn't immediately found.

Cincinnati Police Sgt. Paul Broxterman said the man wasn't injured.

Broxterman said he wasn't sure what charges would be filed against him. He said that when police asked why he jumped, the man said: "It's what I do."

The Associated Press

Skydiver Hang Under Plane for Half and Hour

Andy Judy of Morgantown, W.Va., was trapped 10,500 feet above the ground Saturday until the Cessna 182 touched down and he was freed.

"When we got to him, he looked at us and said, 'My gosh, am I lucky,"' said Don Bick, co-owner of the Pittsburgh Skydiving Center in Dunbar, about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Judy was one of four skydivers attempting a group jump Saturday when he got caught under the plane. His parachute was not damaged, so he tried unsuccessfully to free himself by unzipping and unfastening his flying suit and boots.

Officials at Connersville Airport in Unbar sent another plane into the air to try to help, but that pilot "determined there was nothing to do," Bike said.

The pilot of the Cesura finally decided to land in a field beside the airport's paved runway, hoping the ground would be soft.

Bike, state police and onlookers quickly scoured the grass and runway for rocks and sharp objects that could injure Judy.

"We had every bit of emergency medical services crews available in the county standing by," Bike said.

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