Paraglider left dangling from tree for two hours


Frightening episode: Firemen lowering the woman from the tree in the Kuala Kubu Baru jungle.

PETALING JAYA: A French paraglider got more hang time than she had expected after her parachute got caught in a tree branch, leaving her dangling 24m off the ground for two hours in the Kuala Kubu Baru jungle.

Selangor Fire and Rescue De­­partment officers received a distress call from a paragliding club member about a friend being stuck in a tree in Bukit Batu Pahat at about 1.20pm yesterday.

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