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Two people rescued after hot air balloon collides with tower
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:08 pm
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GREGG COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A hot air balloon is caught in a communications tower in the area of State Highway 300 and Farm-to-Market Road 1844 in Gregg County.
Two people were trapped 925 feet in the air after their balloon collided with a communications tower, according to Fire Marshal Marcus Delaney.
A tower crew to remove the balloon is en route, but are said to be “hours away.”
Longview firefighters, along with first responders from multiple agencies, were dispatched around 8:15 a.m. to the high-angle rescue.
“This is a very complex incident involving multiple agencies from multiple jurisdictions,” an East Mountain Police spokesperson wrote on Facebook. “As rescue operations are currently underway I ask that you avoid the area of at all possible. Please do not park along the roadway and cause more issues, distractions or crashes.”
Around 10:58 a.m., both people were pulled from the basket.
Witnesses at the scene confirmed one rider has been rescued from the tower and is currently being transported to the hospital via ambulance.
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Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:09 pm to Jim Rockford
Tower came out of nowhere
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:13 pm to Jim Rockford
Whats amazing is some dude climbing 925 feet up a damn radio tower.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:15 pm to Jim Rockford
Nope, nope, nope, hell no
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:17 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
bypass paywall
I worked with one of these guys a couple years after this event
I worked with one of these guys a couple years after this event
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Two maintenance workers on a Catonsville communications tower survived a terrifying 200-foot fall onto a chain-link fence yesterday when their safety equipment failed, escaping with bruises and minor fractures.
“It’s a miracle — God’s grace saved his life,” said Russell Beck, the father of one man and owner of Blanton Antenna Services, the Severn company that erects and maintains radio, television and cellular towers and employs the two men.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:18 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I wonder how they get then down
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:25 pm to I Like Cheeze
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I wonder how they get then down
Gravity
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:26 pm to Jim Rockford
Bunch of FM stations on that tower.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:31 pm to Jim Rockford
Riding on a big balloon you can't steer seems a bit risky.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:38 pm to Jim Rockford
Inb4cantparkthere
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:41 pm to fightin tigers
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erects and maintains
The best any man can hope for
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:47 pm to DustyDinkleman
Were they trying to close the upside down
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:47 pm to stuckintexas
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Erects and Maintains….the most any man can hope for….
This post was edited on 2/28/26 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:59 pm to Jim Rockford
Worked near the Sonoma County airport for a couple weeks and watched hot air balloons go up almost every day for 2 weeks. After that, I swore I’d never go up in one.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 2:01 pm to Jim Rockford
That’s a serious climb.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 4:29 pm to Fat and Happy
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That’s a serious climb.
I certainly wouldn’t be cracking jokes on the way up.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 5:11 pm to Jim Rockford
I am legitimately angry at the morons in the balloon. People had to climb up a tower to "save" them. I hope they had to climb down and were terrified in doing so.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 5:49 pm to Jim Rockford
2hr wait while trapped 900 ft high. Then they still had to climb down once rescued.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 8:59 pm to Jim Rockford
I am willing to try new things, I don't mind flying, etc but for some reason the idea of a hot air balloon scares me. I can't imagine being stuck up there for hours.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 10:06 pm to Jim Rockford
Not a chance I would ever go up in one of those. I don’t understand what makes people do it.
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