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Mexico City Rescue Teams Save Priest After 10-Meter Church Roof Fall

The 71-year-old clergyman remains hospitalized after emergency responders executed a technical rope rescue following his fall during a church roof maintenance inspection

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Overview

  • The priest tripped on a wooden beam while supervising maintenance at a Colonia Atlampa church, resulting in a roughly 10-meter fall from the roof
  • Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana officers secured the scene, ascended to the rooftop and called in ERUM paramedics along with Protección Civil
  • Rescuers immobilized him in a sked stretcher and used a technical rope system to lower him safely to ground level
  • Emergency responders diagnosed probable fractures to his left humerus, contusions in the frontal region and breaks in his nasal bones
  • After on-site stabilization, he was transported to a nearby hospital where he is receiving specialized medical care