6-day Okla. standoff with man in tower ends

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/16/national/main20093266.shtml?tag=breakingnews


CBS/AP) TULSA, Okla. - A man who scaled an Oklahoma TV tower last week finally succumbed to attempts to coax him down Tuesday.
Rescue crews spent the day offering the 25-year-old man food and water, conditional on him agreeing to come down from his perch about 100 feet up the Clear Channel communications tower, where he has been since Thursday.

A person in a fire department truck lift at times touched the man's hand Tuesday afternoon, seeming to try to persuade him into the bucket, but was repeatedly rebuffed for hours.

The last time the man took water was early Friday.

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1. What a great outcome

I didn't look for such a miracle in this. The patience of the rescuers was admirable.

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2. Oh, good. I was worried about how this would end.

I'm glad to see it's OK.