Note: The following summary is a news extract made by Blumano via an English translation of the articles from G1 Globo News and Folha de Pernambuco regarding this story. This story also emphasises why it’s important to always have a well-rehearsed and ready rescue plan in case of emergencies like this one.
On the last day of the Carnival parade in São Paulo, Brazil, a man representing a religious figure from the Gaviões da Fiel float, was suspended from the float’s right wing and began to feel ill near the end of the parade at Anhembi Sambadrome, according to Fohla de Pernambuco.
The G1 website reported the man hung from the float for more than an hour before he was rescued by the Fire Department and taken in an ambulance to Sambadrome’s medical station and then to the Emergency Room at Hospital Santana to undergo tests. The man was not identified but was luckily conscious.
[Gustavo Petró/G1 Globo News – article]
[Agência O Globo/Folha de Pernambuco – article]
[Pictures 1, 3-5: G1 Globo News/Marina Pinhoni/Gustavo Petro]
[Picture 2: Folha de Pernambuco/G1 Globo News/Marina Pinhoni]
