LA County and Brea Firefighters Perform Palm Tree Rescue

A man became trapped while trimming a Palm Tree in La Habra on December 13th 2008. When units arrived they found the man alive but trapped 30 up in the tree when the falling debri fell on him. He did live as the rescue took a little over an hour. These are usually fatal because of usually a a broken neck or back. He is pretty lucky to be alive.