Shirtless Man Gets Stuck Upside Down on Basketball Hoop, Prompting Rescue at Seattle Park

ktla ^ | Tracy Bloom

[BenLurkin]

A hammer-wielding man needed to be rescued by firefighters and police on Friday evening after he climbed up onto a basketball hoop at a Seattle-area park and somehow got stuck upside down, according to a report.

Hanging by a foot, the shirtless man was flailing and thrashing about as about a dozen officers stood around the court, apparently trying to figure out how to get him down, video from CNN affiliate KOMO showed.

[Steely Tom]

It is Seattle, after all.

[Pearls Before Swine]

When I read the headline, I guessed his predicament was the result of a super dunk.

[MeshugeMikey]

he was micro aggressing tha backboard....

[Misterioso]

Which means?

[ThomasThomas]

[mountn man]

Hanging by a foot, the shirtless man was flailing and thrashing about
as about a dozen officers stood around the court,
apparently trying to figure out how to get him down
apparently realizing you can't fix stupid.

[FlyingEagle]

KCCO

[Steely Tom]

What it means.

[shibumi]

Photo is copyrighted.

But you can view it here -

https://tribktla.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/seattle-rescue.jpeg?w=1200

[Beowulf9]

Air ball?

[Fury]

When I read really whacky stuff like this, I think of...

Meth

[right way right]

Did he score the point, or was he free throwing?
Or, maybe he was free basing.

[SamAdams76]

Observation tells me that a grown man who goes around shirtless is either:

• A drunk
• Headed to jail
• About to appear on an episode of COPS

Or even all three.

[ThomasThomas]

Observation tells me that a grown man who goes around shirtless is either:

A drunk
Headed to jail
About to appear on an episode of COPS

Or even all three.

This is basketball, he was skins!

[spokeshave]

Hanging by a foot, the shirtless man was flailing and thrashing about as about a dozen officers stood around the court, apparently trying to figure out how to get him down

Just cut the darn pole already

[ThomasThomas]

You may ask where are the other player?

[Calvin Locke]

I think of...

Some 1980sish movie where in the opening, a guy was defenestrated and landed in a hoop below, completely destroying the midnight basketball game. Oh, and probably his spinal column, among other necessary body parts.

Early Michael Keaton movie, maybe?

[Scrambler Bob]

I counted closer to 15, just standing around.

If about 4 of these tough, in-shape cops or fire fighters would lift him to relieve the tension at the net, then a couple more (maybe one on the shoulders of another) could get his foot/feet loose.

No problem solvers in attendance.

[doorgunner69]

"No problem solvers in attendance."

Union rules, don't you know............