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Jan 19, 2009, 19:17 GMT

Paraglider survives 11 hours hanging from high-voltage cables

Bogota - A Colombian paraglider was rescued alive and well Monday, after hanging from high-voltage cables for 11 hours in the northwestern province of Antioquia. Alberto Ocampo jumped in a mountainous area in the town of Bello, near Medellin, but his paraglider was pushed by the wind and got caught in a 110,000 volt wire. The flow of electricity was cut off on Sunday afternoon, to allow a rescue operation that ended successfully in the early hours of Monday. 'It is one's recklessness. There were not the best conditions for flying, and I still jumped,' Ocampo told reporters. The man, 49, said he felt like he had been reborn. It took a team of 30 rescue workers to get him down.

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