Rob Wonfor
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Rob Wonfor is a Canadian fire-fighter, best known for a daring rescue of "crane girl", a reckless thrill-seeker, who had slid down the cable to the hook of a giant construction crane.[1]
Wonfor was an acting Captain in April 2017, when crane girl was discovered.[1] Wonfor said he was "volun-told" to climb the crane, go out on the cranes boom, and rappel down to the same level as crane girl. The plan was to firmly secure her to the large hook she was sitting on, and then the crane operator would slowly lower the hook to the ground. However, the crane's operator rejected this plan, due to the risk her clothing might get caught in the hook's pulley, which could drag her body into the pulley.
So, Wonfor securely fastened her to his safety harness, and rappeled the rest of the way to the ground, with her strapped to him.[1]
Toronto Star columnist Heather Mallick praised Wonfor in particular, and the City of Toronto, in general.[1] She regarded it as remarkable that, even though the City had never needed to rescue anyone from a crane, it nevertheless had people who were trained to do so.
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Heather Mallick (2017-05-01). "Why I love taxes — and so should you: Mallick". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
I salute both of them, Wonfor, the affable athlete, the quintessential good Canadian heading off after the rescue to tend goal in a recreational hockey league, and risk-hound Marisa Lazo who, like all 23-year-olds, thinks she will never die. Long may she think this.