{"id":217066,"date":"2023-11-29T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=217066"},"modified":"2023-11-29T09:48:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T09:48:00","slug":"fire-crane-driver-who-rescued-workman-from-fire-wants-a-pint-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/fire-crane-driver-who-rescued-workman-from-fire-wants-a-pint-with-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire crane driver who rescued workman from fire wants a pint with him"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;He&#8217;s got to take me for a drink!&#8217; Hero Reading Fire crane driver who rescued workman from top of \u00a3750m tower block as raging inferno burned beneath reveals he doesn&#8217;t know the man he saved &#8211; and would like a drink with him<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span>Do YOU know the worker who was saved?<\/span> If so, get in touch at katherine.lawton@mailonline.co.uk\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The heroic crane driver who dramatically saved a workman from the top of a \u00a3750million tower block in Reading as a fire raged beneath him has revealed he would like a pint with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Glen Edwards, 65, moved a cradle through smoke and flames on Thursday to save his unnamed colleague who had nothing but a coat to shield him from the blaze.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Edwards spotted the workman on top of the\u00a0burning \u00a3750million Reading development after a man shouted up to him that there was someone stuck on level eight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span><span>Do YOU know the worker who was saved?<\/span><\/span><span> If so, get in touch at katherine.lawton@mailonline.co.uk\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today he said\u00a0he has never met the man he rescued but thinks he is owed a drink from him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Obviously he&#8217;s a bit traumatised so whenever he&#8217;s coming back on site [I&#8217;ll meet him].\u00a0He&#8217;s got to take me across the road for a drink,&#8217; he told GMB.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/09\/78364605-12803905-image-a-7_1701249365104.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Glen Edwards, 65, (pictured) appeared on Good Morning Britain this morning to talk about his heroic rescue of a man stuck on a burning development\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/09\/78162489-12803905-Glen_Edwards_the_man_operating_the_crane_during_the_rescue_effor-a-1_1701249198857.jpg\" height=\"620\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Glen Edwards &#8211; the man operating the crane during the rescue effort tat saw a man saved from a burning tower in Reading today<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/09\/78162493-12803905-image-m-6_1701249286918.jpg\" height=\"912\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Remarkable footage shows the man stranded at the top of the \u00a3750m One Station Hill development in Reading as the building is engulfed in flames<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/09\/78364611-12803905-image-a-8_1701249474244.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Today Mr Edwards said he has never met the man he rescued but thinks he is owed a drink from him<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/09\/78160521-12803905-image-a-25_1701250189888.jpg\" height=\"478\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Station Road and Blagrave Street were closed as police launched a drone to investigate the fire\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recounting last week&#8217;s unbelievable events, Mr Edwards said he has never experienced a rescue as &#8216;dramatic&#8217; as this one on the job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Never at all. I have cradled a couple of guys off &#8211; [when they] damaged their leg and things like that so they could get in an ambulance &#8211; but nothing as dramatic as this,&#8217; he said.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Edwards said he was concreting when someone shouted up to him that a man was stuck on level eight of the development.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was actually concreting at the time, I had the concrete skip on. So I was in that area and then one of my banksmen on the ground said there is a fire and the fire alarm was going off. I was in the crane operating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So I had to get the concrete skip off, I was hoisting up and then someone shouted out &#8221;there&#8217;s someone on level eight&#8221; which is that level where the guy was, and I stopped hoisting up, I was about 20 metres up in the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As I slewed round I could see the guy out my left window &#8211; he was waving his coat, waving his coat. You can see there the wind was absolutely terrible.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;I knew the radius [&#8230;] I decided I was going to come down on top of that radius. As I was coming down the cradle was swinging backwards and forwards and catching the wind.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/09\/78157971-12803905-People_have_been_told_to_avoid_the_area_with_nearby_locals_told_-a-3_1701249270582.jpg\" height=\"931\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>People were told to avoid the area, with nearby locals told to close their windows and doors, as smoke hit villages several miles away<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/09\/78158131-12803905-The_South_Central_Ambulance_Service_said_two_people_had_been_tak-m-5_1701249279135.jpg\" height=\"807\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The South Central Ambulance Service said two people had been taken to hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/09\/78166111-12803905-A_carpenter_who_was_working_nearby_said_onlookers_below_applaude-a-9_1701249516169.jpg\" height=\"351\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A carpenter, who was working nearby, said onlookers below applauded as the man clambered into a metal basket attached to the crane and was carried away from the flames<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/09\/78166205-12803905-The_flames_and_smoke_spread_across_the_whole_roof_of_the_750m_On-m-11_1701249521952.jpg\" height=\"822\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The flames and smoke spread across the whole roof of the \u00a3750m One Station Hill office development close to Reading Station<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When it coms off the fence it kicks off the fence and he just managed to grab hold of it.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The heroic crane driver said he was &#8216;really shaking&#8217; during the ordeal, adding: &#8216;I was alright when I got down and everything and I needed a quiet minute to get myself together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When everyone was about &#8211; when everyone come up to me and said &#8221;well done, well done&#8221; &#8211; that&#8217;s when the penny dropped.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Revealed: Reading Fire hero crane driver who winched colleague to safety from top of raging inferno after seeing him desperately waving his coat as \u00a3750m tower block burned beneath him<\/h3>\n<p>The dramatic three-minute rescue undoubtedly saved the builder&#8217;s life as all around him blazing cladding caused massive clouds of toxic smoke.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly despite the severity of the fire, only two people needed to go to hospital with smoke inhalation, including the workman saved by Mr Edwards. The 16-storey office block, situated opposite Reading rail and Crossrail station, is part of a development that endured another fire just five months ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A carpenter, who was working nearby, said onlookers below applauded as the man clambered into a metal basket attached to the crane and was carried away from the flames.<\/p>\n<p>The witness, who did not want to be named, said: &#8216;I was in the next door building, there was a guy standing up there (on top of the building), luckily the crane came in just in time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was coughing [when he came down], from the smoke, you know what I mean.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When he got inside the crane and the crane put him down everyone was clapping.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The crane driver was very fast. He was still in the crane while the building was on fire.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12803905\/Hes-got-drink-Hero-Reading-Fire-crane-driver-rescued-workman-750m-tower-block-raging-inferno-burned-beneath-reveals-doesnt-know-man-saved-like-drink-him.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s got to take me for a drink!&#8217; Hero Reading Fire crane driver who rescued workman from top of \u00a3750m tower block as raging inferno burned beneath reveals he doesn&#8217;t know the man he saved &#8211; and would like a drink with him Do YOU know the worker who was saved? 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