Overview

• A 70-year-old man fell on the monument’s terrace Friday evening and suffered a serious hip injury.
• Paris firefighters and GRIMP specialists determined stair evacuation was not feasible because the patient had to remain flat.
• Sécurité Civile’s Dragon 75 performed a winch operation over the site around 19:00 after several positioning passes.
• The rescue lasted about 20 minutes, and the man was flown to a Paris hospital with a condition not considered life-threatening.
• Crowds of tourists filmed the rare urban air-rescue as officials noted the low‑altitude risks and tight coordination required.