Playing the crane game for a real prize

[Batman]

Pretty wild story and video. The roof of a high rise under construction caught fire in Reading, England the other day. Two of the workers were trapped on the roof. A nearby crane operator was able to lower a cage onto the roof and get the guy off while flames and thick smoke are blowing up all around.

Revealed: TWO people were 'rescued by crane' from top of blazing building - as fire service hails hero operator whose split-second decision saved their lives and says freed workman 'better play the lottery tonight' | Daily Mail Online

 

[maumann]

Good thing he got the guy on the first try instead of dropping him back into the building and having to go find more quarters.

Aside: My prostate surgery was done via da Vinci robotic surgery, where the surgeon never touches the patient. Instead, he's sitting at a console of video monitors, controlling the machine's arms with two joysticks. The machine has multiple arms that hold objects and a 3D camera, and looks like a mechanical spider -- or an arcade crane game.

I got to see it before they put me under and I mentioned to the surgeon that I hoped he had spent a lot of time at Chuck E. Cheese growing up. He looked at me with a puzzled expression and I said, "Well, it looks like that thing takes a lot of quarters in order to get a stuffed animal." The entire room of hospital staff cracked up.

 

[dixiehack]

 

[Vombatus]

Good thing he got the guy on the first try instead of dropping him back into the building and having to go find more quarters.

Aside: My prostate surgery was done via da Vinci robotic surgery, where the surgeon never touches the patient. Instead, he's sitting at a console of video monitors, controlling the machine's arms with two joysticks. The machine has multiple arms that hold objects and a 3D camera, and looks like a mechanical spider -- or an arcade crane game.

I got to see it before they put me under and I mentioned to the surgeon that I hoped he had spent a lot of time at Chuck E. Cheese growing up. He looked at me with a puzzled expression and I said, "Well, it looks like that thing takes a lot of quarters in order to get a stuffed animal." The entire room of hospital staff cracked up.

Were you knocked completely out with anesthesia?

I'd hate to be partially awake and suddenly hear "Wah wah waaah. Game over."