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Denver Construction Worker Gets Stuck 150 Feet Up Flagpole In Texas Heat

(CBS4)- A construction worker who was completing a job in Dallas got stuck 150 feet up a flagpole. Helicopter crews rescued the man.

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They say he was having a medical episode while working in the heat.

He was suffering from dehydration and burns from rigging the pole. He is expected to recover.

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