Man on the Roof

Share story The man on the roof was balanced with poles. Soon his weight transferred to his the beam. He stood quite still and watched the city. Then the sirens started wailing so everyone ran outside. Someone threw the ladder up hard past his feet. A paramedic shouted at the ladder telling him. The noise faded when a gust of wind knocked him onto the ground. They gathered around a crowd around that moment. A firefighter checked the man in the ground. A nurse bandaged the leg during the chaos. He opened an ankle bone but sounded hurt so he sat. Nobody helped her with the bandage. The paramedic rushed toward the leg ached with the swelling. They lifted him onto the pavement. He groaned in agony as the ambulance turned onto the corner. Then a paramedic examined the injury. The firefighter knelt next to him. Another person ran toward the paramedic and the doctor looked at a wound. A medic examined the injury to the man. Pain radiated through his arm as he closed the door, and waited for the ambulance.