Hanging 13 stories high on the hook of a crane while a wicked wind threatens to slam you into the side of a building may not be anyone’s idea of fun.
But for members of the West Palm Beach Fire Rescue’s Special Operations team, there’s nowhere they’d rather be.
The 34-year-old firefighter from Palm Beach Gardens was selected Thursday afternoon to accompany an injured construction worker on a precarious descent from the 13th floor of One West Palm, a tower just north of the Palm Beach County Courthouse.
With dozens of witnesses on the ground capturing the rescue on their cellphones and television cameras rolling, Daniels was tasked with keeping the injured man calm and providing medical attention while dangling more than 130 feet off the ground.
“It’s not as scary as you think it is,” Daniels said Friday.