London Mayor Boris Johnson gets stuck on zipline
London Mayor Boris Johnson got stuck midair on a zip line
Wednesday during a celebration for 2012 Olympic Games.
ITV, the British partner of NBC News, reported that
Johnson had to be pulled the remainder of the way by people on the ground.
According to The Telegraph newspaper, Johnson was the
first person to use the zip line, in Victoria Park, East London. "Get me a
rope, get me a ladder," ITV quoted him as saying. "I think the brakes
got stuck.”
The Telegraph said witnesses reported that Johnson spent
the approximately five minutes suspended in the air waving two British flags
and leading the audience in cheering the British Olympic team.
The newspaper quoted a spokesman for Johnson as saying
the mayor "remained unbowed" by the incident. "The judges will
rightly be marking him down for artistic impression,” the spokesman said.
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