Man Nearly Dies After Rappelling Down Huntington Parking Garage with Garden Hose and Falling

WOWK 13 NEWS ^ | Mar 12, 2018 | Joseph Fitzwater, Assignment Editor

[Morgana]

HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) - A man has received 'significant' injuries after falling from a parking garage in Huntington.

According to Huntington Police, at around 8:15 p.m. Sunday, a man was found laying on the ground on the 700 block of 3 1/2 alley with items laying around him.

Police say that the man, identified as Christopher Sowards, of Huntington, is believed to have a fractured skull and a broken back after a fall.

Police say they believe Sowards broke into two vehicles in the parking garage across from the civic center on 3rd Avenue, and took a garden hose to rappel down the third story of the parking garage.

[NormsRevenge]

ODD.. Or too bad he didn’t have any OXYcontin.. Or somebody grabbed it before responders arrived. He’s an old timer at 29. After his latest hosed job.. Here’s to a happy ending.

[Garvin]

👍😅

[Libloather]

He learned nothing during the practice sessions?

[trebb]

As an experienced man with ropes and mountaineering. I can’t say a garden hose would be my first choice or even my second if I wanted to make a descent heh.

Maybe if you were in a hurry to get down.....not many garden hoses are rated at 1000 lbs or more.