00:00 A man in Caloocan was saved by climbing up and helping him
00:04 on top of a billboard at the end of LRT Monumento Station.
00:08 Noel Talaca has more.
00:10 In this cellphone video,
00:13 you can see the people of the Special Rescue Force
00:17 of Caloocan City Fire Station preparing
00:20 at 7 in the morning in the area of Monumento Circle.
00:24 Their mission is to save a man
00:27 who was lying on a billboard frame at the end of LRT Monumento Station.
00:33 Using a fire truck and ladder,
00:35 the rescuers climbed up the billboard.
00:38 It took almost an hour
00:40 before the man was able to be brought down from the billboard.
00:44 He was recognized as Arnold Bacal,
00:46 38 years old and a resident of Navotas City,
00:51 who was brought to the hospital because he was weak.
00:54 Mr. Bacal is conscious and coherent.
00:58 He has no medical condition.
01:05 He has no serious injury.
01:07 Last night, Bacal climbed up the billboard
01:10 that was mentioned by the BFP of Caloocan.
01:13 Bacal was drunk when he climbed up the billboard
01:16 and he was just sleeping until early in the morning.
01:18 A concerned citizen noticed him
01:21 and immediately reported him to them.
01:23 His family is in the province.
01:25 Because of the incident,
01:27 the traffic was temporarily stopped
01:30 in one part of Monumento Circle.
01:32 Some people from PNP and LRT also helped.
01:36 Noel Talacay for the nation.
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