Illinois worker spent over six hours trapped in gas station sign too tall for fire truck ladders to reach

An Illinois attraction idiosyncratic was trapped for much than six hours successful a 130-foot-tall state presumption motion aft his assistance malfunctioned.

The worker, who identified himself arsenic AJ Gow, was doing repair enactment Tuesday connected the towering sign, which is located on Lorenzo Road disconnected Interstate 55 successful Wilmington.

At 1:55 p.m., the Wilmington Fire District was called to this country connected a study of a idiosyncratic stuck wrong 1 of the enclosed signs atop the motion pole.

"The telescopic roar assistance utilized by the idiosyncratic had malfunctioned and Fire District unit were told helium had been astatine the elevated presumption for astir 3 hours," officials with the occurrence territory said successful a connection connected societal media.

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Fire crews with the Wilmington Fire District successful Illinois ascend a roar assistance to rescue a attraction worker, AJ Gow, who was trapped wrong 1 of the signs atop the 130-foot rod for hours connected Tuesday. (Wilmington Fire District)

"The telescopic roar assistance utilized by the idiosyncratic had malfunctioned and Fire District unit were told helium had been astatine the elevated presumption for astir 3 hours," officials with the occurrence territory said successful a connection connected societal media.

Additionally, the motion rod had nary stairs oregon ladders built into it, making it intolerable for rescue teams to ascent up without different lift, officials said.

Another occupation was that the Wilmington Fire District's trucks person ladders that lone spell 100 feet successful the air, which meant Gow was 30 feet retired of reach.

Eventually occurrence officials located different roar assistance successful the Joliet area, which is astir 20 miles northbound of the remainder stop. The assistance was brought to the motion with an Illinois State Police escort, officials said.

AJ Gow, the worker, said helium spent implicit six hours trapped successful the interior of the motion aft his assistance malfunctioned. (Wilmington Fire District)

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After the caller assistance was successful place, firefighters were capable to scope Gow and get him backmost to the ground, the occurrence territory said.

Gow thanked each the archetypal responders from antithetic departments that came to his aid, saying that "seeing that assistance rotation up with constabulary escorts was the item of my time for sure!!"

Gow aboriginal said connected societal media that helium spent implicit six hours successful a cramped presumption wrong the interior of the sign.

An aerial presumption of the motion AJ Gow was trapped successful for much than six hours this week. (WFLD)

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"I was excessively blistery and thirsty to beryllium anxious. I was moreso nauseous and dizzy. And incredibly uncomfortable to beryllium successful for implicit 6 hours. It was lone 16" wide and wasn't adjacent gangly capable to basal afloat upright either," Gow wrote successful effect to idiosyncratic commenting connected the occurrence district's post.

In different comment, Gow said the motion "kept swaying with the wind."

Gow said that aft helium got down, helium went to the infirmary to beryllium treated for dehydration. Fox News Digital reached retired to Gow for comment.