{"id":1460049,"date":"2025-11-22T06:48:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1460049"},"modified":"2025-11-24T03:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:03:51","slug":"longview-man-rescued-after-40-foot-drop-from-i-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1460049","title":{"rendered":"Longview man rescued after 40-foot drop from I-20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/special-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1460050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/special-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/special-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/special-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/special.jpg 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>LONGVIEW &#8211; A Longview Fire Department\u2019s special operations team successfully rescued a man who fell 40 feet from an elevated section of Interstate 20 on Thursday night. When they arrived, first responders rappelled to the person&#8217;s location, provided emergency medical care and  hoisting the individual back up to the roadway via rope system.  The victim was taken to a hospital for further medical treatment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coordinated efforts and technical skill demonstrated by these personnel ensured the successful outcome of this complex operation,\u201d the Longview Fire Department said. \u201cTheir professionalism and rapid response exemplify the department\u2019s readiness to respond to high-risk rescue situations.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW &#8211; A Longview Fire Department\u2019s special operations team successfully rescued a man who fell 40 feet from an elevated section of Interstate 20 on Thursday night. When they arrived, first responders rappelled to the person&#8217;s location, provided emergency medical care and hoisting the individual back up to the roadway via rope system. The victim &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1460049\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Longview man rescued after 40-foot drop from I-20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1460327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/special-200x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1460049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 09:51:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/11\/special-200x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1460049"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1460333,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460049\/revisions\/1460333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1460327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1460049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1460049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1460049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}