Stuck parachuter rescued from tree outside Jackson

A man was rescued by firefighters on Monday afternoon after becoming stuck in a tree while parachuting near Napoleon Airport. Crews were called at around 4:30 p.m. Oct. 12 to reports of a parachutista atrapado en un árbol on Napoleon and Cady Roads in Napoleon Township, Michigan, according to Capt. Grant Burnett of the Napoleon Township Fire Department. When responders arrived, the man was stuck about 30 to 40 feet in the air. Burnett said the man was in his 40s, conscious and alert, and was parachuting solo, with extra wind conditions reported that day. A ladder truck was brought in from the Jackson Fire Department; crews cut branches and recovered him. He was taken to the hospital with minor injuries as a precaution.