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Rebecca Denton via @rebeccasbrain on Twitter
Rebecca Denton (rebeccasbrain on Twitter) wrote "Boris Johnson stuck on a zip line in Victoria Park. I kid you not." in her Tweet with this photo.
London Mayor Boris Johnson got stuck midair on a zip line Wednesday during a celebration for 2012 Olympic Games.
ITV, the British partner of NBC News, reported that Johnson had to be pulled the remainder of the way by people on the ground.
According to The Telegraph newspaper, Johnson was the first person to use the zip line, in Victoria Park, East London. "Get me a rope, get me a ladder," ITV quoted him as saying. "I think the brakes got stuck.”
Britain's funniest politician taken very seriously
The Telegraph said witnesses reported that Johnson spent the approximately five minutes suspended in the air waving two British flags and leading the audience in cheering the British Olympic team.
The newspaper quoted a spokesman for Johnson as saying the mayor "remained unbowed" by the incident. "The judges will rightly be marking him down for artistic impression,” the spokesman said.
The cause of the incident was not immediately clear.
London mayor Boris Johnson attempts to make a dramatic entrance at an Olympic party—but gets stranded on a zip wire instead. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
TODAY's Natalie Morales takes a look at how Internet users across the globe put their own spin on London mayor Boris Johnson's zip-line snag near the Olympic Park.
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He should have just bought a ticket like everyone else. LOL
I love a politician who doesn't take himself or herself too seriously; bravo!
We have one people don't take very seriously.
Instant Karma Mr. Mayor best remembered next time you want to mock someone else.
rcvee, What exactly relates this endearing British humour to "Karma" or what you're alluding to? I see no connection whatsoever.
Reading the posts you realize that American Christians have never read the Bible in their entire pathetic lives.
and this from someone that wouldn't understand the big words anyway.
Sh*t happens. If you think that you can put on an event as HUGE as the olympics and not hit a few snags, you are insane. When the Super Bowl was here in Indy last Feb. we had a zipline and it got stuck a couple times too. *Shocker* You didn't hear people condemning the city of Indianapolis for being "unprepared" or the Super Bowl activities "disconcerting". And in my personal opinion, the Brits should be proud that their mayor took one for the team on the first run and was such a good sport when things didn't go perfectly as planned..grow a sense of humor people..life is too short.
KaraBara, "Thank You......Thank You Very Much".......LOL
Maybe they will leave the zip line up until Obamas next visit.
He's a showboat big mouth, I think it's funny.
Like his hair as well.
Good place for him. Let's shoot spitballs at him. :-)
Romney was right, no one sitting in all those empty seats, border guards strike, cabbies strike, this nitwit stuck in the line, Chinese Et Al faking loss, Chinese man/woman wins with drugs ( did they check sex?), French girl loses after her opponent gets more time, a guard from the middle east spits on a soldier( I am sure he would have stopped a bomb thrower!), and Bama sends his wife to lead the parade between ribbon cuttings at new London pubs(anything for a stray vote). Yup, everything is fine.
Boris at least seems to be in touch with his sense of HUMOR! Sure wish more folks would lighten-up.
Quite a view. ;D
Sorry Mayor!… yet better check there's no Romney agents in sabotage.
The whole debacle looks like a laugh - no-one was hurt and Boris seemed amused. He does this sort of thing on and off (usually not so many feet off in the air - and usually involving foot inserted in mouth - or using long words no-one has heard of) and it is pretty tame compared to some of the stuff you hear about. Why does getting stuck on a zipline make it something for Mitt Romney to be vindicated about? People need to get a sense of humour!