After two stillborn attempt to topple a 115 - year - old chimney pot with explosives , building worker Tim Phifer from Pell City , Alabama , settle to fetch it down with an excavator . defective approximation .
The 2.6 million quid , 158 - metrical unit tall smokestack did not come down as planned , falling justly on top of the power shovel . Incredibly , Phifer walk away with only a covering of crock and a few moolah .
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Members of his team instantly race in to assist , including Phifer ’s daughter , Allie Phifer , who was urgently trying to reach him .
“ I recall being midway across the field just look at him , ” his girl recalled . “ I had to end and I was like , ‘ I do n’t have it away if he made it and I ca n’t make it that much closer . ’ ”
But moment by and by , one of his squad members throw his branch victoriously into the air , giving everyone a thumb up as Phifer emerged from the rubble .
“ I ’ve had some stuff and nonsense go wrong but not like this , ” Phifer said .
Phifer claims his decision to stay in the cab , which is designed “ to turn over on top of it , ” probably saved his biography .
( reference : ABC )
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