Sickening moment when a trainee firefighter falls to the ground after his cable car breaks
- The man fell about 20 feet to the ground during a firefighting course in Brazil
This is the shocking moment a student firefighter fell six meters from a cable car after the cable snapped.
The man, whose name has not been given, fell from the zipline during a firefighting course in Asa Sul, in Brasilia, Brazil.
The footage shows the man on a windowsill on the first floor of a building, ready to zipline to the sidewalk.
The man, whose name is not given, can be seen standing on the edge of a window on the first floor of a building.
The man began his descent on the zipline, which was part of a firefighter course in Brazil
The man lets himself go, but as he begins his rapid descent, one of the ropes appears to break and he falls about twenty feet to the sidewalk below.
He was taken to Base Hospital on January 26 with pain in his left arm, ribs and a cut on his head.
A colleague of the man told local media that he has now been released from hospital and is recovering at home.
Suddenly the wire broke and the man fell about twenty feet to the ground
He was taken to Base Hospital on January 26 with pain in his left arm, ribs and a cut on his head
The official Alpha-Resgate school responsible for the course, which was closed after the accident, told local media that coordinators and instructors provided first aid to the student.
They said: 'The course coordinator and all instructors fully supported the student, we did all the initial care in the same way!
'We called the fire brigade and waited. The coordinator accompanied him to the entrance of the hospital and to the medical center.
'The student is doing well and we are giving him all the support he needs.'