A crane operator found unconscious and unresponsive more than 150 feet in the air at a construction site at the Baltimore Peninsula has died.

“With those members here on the team, they had to utilize special equipment to be able to ascend to the height of roughly 160 to 180 feet,” Baltimore City fire spokesperson Kevin Cartwright said.

Due to the complexity of the rescue, time proved to be the biggest hurdle.

Emergency crews at the scene confirmed that the unidentified crane operator went into cardiac arrest, stopped breathing and later died.

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“There is a certain amount of time before a person egresses into biological and clinical death so we continued to work with this gentleman, performing basic CPR as well as advanced life support care measures in an effort to save this gentleman’s life.”

Although the crane operator died, the Fire Department’s Special Rescue Operations Command was able to get the victim down and clear the scene within two to three hours.

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