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ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) - A man and his parachute got stuck in mid-air on KETC-TV's tower in south county Thursday night. Mehlville and rescue crews got the man down after about two hours. He was stuck on the tower since around 9:30pm.

Firefighters say this was a base jumping attempt. The jumper got caught on a guy wire about 125ft from ground.

Here's a zoomed in pic of the base jumper. Looks like he's on his cell phone..& that does not look comfortable. #stl pic.twitter.com/CFggS5saCI — Rebecca Sheehan (@RebeccaRSheehan) October 31, 2014

Here's a wider shot of the scene (man is mid-air far right). Onlookers tell us he's been up there at least 30 mins. pic.twitter.com/eVglGEel4L — Rebecca Sheehan (@RebeccaRSheehan) October 31, 2014

There's a man and his parachute stuck in mid-air right now next to a tv/radio tower in south county... #stl pic.twitter.com/xGqN7QcphS — Rebecca Sheehan (@RebeccaRSheehan) October 31, 2014

Firefighters confirm this was a base jumping attempt..jumper got caught on a guide wire about 125ft from ground. Trying to rescue him w/rope — Rebecca Sheehan (@RebeccaRSheehan) October 31, 2014

Viewer pic of the parachuter stuck on the TV tower in south #STL County pic.twitter.com/SVn6q7bg3X — FOX2now (@FOX2now) October 31, 2014