SPD reports the incident began around 9:30 AM at the 23rd and Union area building after a 911 caller reported a man “dangling off the rooftop.” Arriving officers found the man in a precarious situation.
“The male subject was essentially fully over the roof top ledge, standing on the top edge of a partially open 6th floor window, and trying to hold on to a garden hose that was tied off to the rooftop,” SPD’s brief on the incident reads. “The male subject was in a state of panic/crisis hanging onto the roof edge and garden hose, unable to pull himself back to safety.”
As Seattle Fire rushed to the scene to prepare for a rope rescue before the man lost his grip, SPD says the group of officers formed a “Contact/Rescue Team” plan…