Firefighters and ambulance crews were called to rescue parachutist and a man who climbed to his aid after he got stuck on a phone mast coming in to land.
Essex Fire and Rescue said it helped the pair after they were snared 20 metres in the air close to Halstead, near Braintree.
Two fire crews from Colchester and one from Halstead arrived shortly before 6pm and had the two parachutists on the ground around 80 minutes later.
A fire service spokesman said: "Crews used the aerial...
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