Glen Edwards, a crane operator, has been celebrated as a hero following his daring rescue of a man from a burning building in Reading. Dubbed the “Bruce Willis of Reading” during his first interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain (GMB), Edwards recounted the harrowing event at the Station Hill development.
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On Thursday, Edwards, 65, was operating his crane, approximately 65.6 feet (20 meters) in the air, when he heard fire alarms around 11:40am. Spotting a man waving his coat on the building’s roof, Edwards swung into action. He manoeuvred a rescue cage attached to his crane towards the man amidst swirling winds and dense smoke, guided by two men on the ground via radio.
