Man Is Freed After 2 Days Stuck In Empty Restaurant's Grease Vent
"He's a pretty slender guy and based on the viscosity of the walls" and the attempt to remove his clothes, "he probably thought he was going to slide ride down," officials said. That didn't happen.
No one can say with certainty why the 29-year-old decided to climb onto the roof of the Chinese restaurant, strip off his bulky jacket, and slide down the greasy vent wearing only a thin T-shirt.
Sgt. Ray Kelly, a public information officer for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, told NPR the man has been "less than truthful about his true intentions."
But the objective seemed straightforward enough:
