OFF BEAT: Heavy machinery mishap can't stop love
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While some people fall head over heels in love, a man in Amsterdam toppled over in a construction crane while attempting an extreme wedding proposal.
According to local media reports, the unidentified lover had planned to descend in front of his girlfriend’s bedroom window while sitting on the crane, play her a song and pop the question.
Instead, the crane toppled over and crashed onto the roof of a neighboring apartment in his girlfriend’s row house in the town of Ijsselstein, the Netherlands.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident. The groom-to-be jumped to safety while his girlfriend accepted his proposal, according to local Dutch media. After giving their statement to police, the newly engaged couple reportedly traveled to Paris to celebrate.
However, the town’s major declared the building unsafe, leading to the evacuation of six neighboring apartment units.
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