Dang, that was close1!
Those were the days before harnesses were widely used, too. A good reminder for everyone not to get too comfy and relaxed on the car top.
WOW Vic...
Closest I ever came was on a recable. 20 some odd years ago. Standing on a back of a cab 42 stories up, pulling a cable over the sheave and the @%#$# marriage broke. As the cable came down the hatch my arm got caught in an asshole in the cable and fortunately wedged my arm in the holdback, rather than taking me 42 floors down. I was able to reach the ratchet, but the cable in the hold back and tighten it, and then holler for help so my buddies could get me freed up...
I wake up some nights thinking about it.
