A man dressed as Santa Claus while on a powered parachute was rescued after getting stuck on some power lines in Sacramento County on Sunday morning. The rescue was near 7th Avenue in Rio Linda, according to the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.The California Highway Patrol’s North Sacramento Office also responded to the rescue, saying in a Facebook post that “Turns out Santa was trying to get some last-minute fun in before the holiday and got into a hot wire situation.”Neighbors watched from the ground as crews worked.”No, never seen that,” said Colleen Bousliman, who lives nearby. Bousliman said the pilot flies overhead often.”He flies just around so people can see and flies over people’s houses,” she said. “This was the first time he was in his Santa suit. We didn’t know this was going to happen.”The FAA said the incident happened around 11 a.m. and the Santa had taken off near a school in Rio Linda.”A powered parachute lost power on takeoff near a school in Rio Linda, Calif., and then hit and became suspended in power lines around 11:00 a.m. local time today,” said a spokesperson with the FAA.Power was shut off to about 200 customers in the Rio Linda area during the rescue, according to officials with Sac Metro Fire.“Immediately after power was shut off, we were able to move firefighters up into the power line and then lower the pilot — Santa Claus — down to safety,” said Chris Vestal with Sac Metro Fire.According to Vestal, the man was trying to do something nice for kids in the community.“He was trying to deliver candy canes to kids that were playing through in the community. We commend him for that. It’s unfortunate, but we all need to remember that there’s still good out in the world there are people doing good things and look at the brightness of the holiday season,” Vestal said.Thankfully, the Santa wasn’t hurt in the incident.
A man dressed as Santa Claus while on a powered parachute was rescued after getting stuck on some power lines in Sacramento County on Sunday morning.
The rescue was near 7th Avenue in Rio Linda, according to the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.
The California Highway Patrol’s North Sacramento Office also responded to the rescue, saying in a Facebook post that “Turns out Santa was trying to get some last-minute fun in before the holiday and got into a hot wire situation.”
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Neighbors watched from the ground as crews worked.
“No, never seen that,” said Colleen Bousliman, who lives nearby.
Bousliman said the pilot flies overhead often.
“He flies just around so people can see and flies over people’s houses,” she said. “This was the first time he was in his Santa suit….
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