Overview

• A man in his 70s fell on the monument’s terrace Friday evening and suffered serious injuries, including a reported hip injury, though his life is not in danger.
• Paris firefighters and GRIMP specialists determined the stairways were too confined for a horizontal evacuation needed for his condition.
• Sécurité Civile’s Dragon 75, working with the Paris Fire Brigade, hovered over the monument and winched the victim in a stretcher around 19:00.
• Pilots maintained a precise stationary position while the winch operator guided the lift from a small surface area, according to a helicopter pilot’s expert explanation.
• The patient was flown to a Paris hospital after the hoist, and striking footage of the operation over the Champs-Élysées was widely shared, including by Brut.