# So when's this guy gonna get off the crane?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 27, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-this-guy-gonna-get-off-the-crane/305741 "2005-05-27T11:44:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-this-guy-gonna-get-off-the-crane/305741/21 "2005-05-28T09:37:38Z")

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[He’s surrendered.](http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/28/crane.man/index.html)

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> ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) – After going nearly 57 hours with nothing to drink, a Florida man sought in his ex-girlfriend’s brutal beating death surrendered to police on top of a 25-story crane at an Atlanta construction site early Saturday morning.
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> At 12:31 a.m. EDT Saturday, Roland decided to accept an offer of water from Investigator Vincent Valequez, Dreher said.
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> He slowly edged over to where police negotiators were perched and he was quickly tackled, tasered, handcuffed and taken into custody.

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-this-guy-gonna-get-off-the-crane/305741/22 "2005-05-28T10:17:52Z")

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> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> Didn’t Schiavo last a couple of weeks?

Schiavo wasn’t really using any energy either. The only thing going for her was pulminary activity. This guy is crawling around on a crane, stressed out, sleepless, and god knows with what kind of heat conditions.

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**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-this-guy-gonna-get-off-the-crane/305741/23 "2005-05-28T16:03:27Z")

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> [@ParentalAdvisory](#):
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> Schiavo wasn’t really using any energy either. The only thing going for her was pulminary activity. This guy is crawling around on a crane, stressed out, sleepless, and god knows with what kind of heat conditions.

The weather’s actually been pretty mild here the past few days. Had he pulled this in, say, July, it would’ve been over in a matter of hours, methinks.

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-this-guy-gonna-get-off-the-crane/305741/24 "2005-05-28T20:27:26Z")

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As discussed, **Geobabe** -we’d have gotten him down, but too many whiners would have faulted the method. 😉

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