Firefighters with the East Bank Consolidated Fire Department were called in to help rescue a man who’d climbed up a tall tree near an Interstate 10 exit ramp in Metairie Thursday morning.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office received several 911 calls about 8:15 a.m. reporting the man was in the top branches of tree that towers close to the I-10 eastbound exit ramp at Clearview Parkway in Metairie, according to Sgt. Brandon Veal, spokesperson for the department.
Crystal Naquin spotted a fire truck and State police vehicles near the tree while driving to work in the area. Puzzled, she pulled over and realized there was someone atop the tree…