Buildings evacuated after marriage proposal flop
AMSTERDAM — A Dutchman’s attempt at a romantic wedding proposal was simply smashing.
AMSTERDAM — A Dutchman’s attempt at a romantic wedding proposal was simply smashing.
The unidentified lover in the central town of Ijsselstein rented a crane, planning to descend in front of his girlfriend’s bedroom window first thing this morning (Dec 13), play her a song and then pop the question. Instead the crane toppled over, smashing a large hole in the neighbours’ roof. The man clambered to safety and no one was injured.
Then the crane fell again during attempts to right it with a larger crane, bashing in the rest of the neighbours’ roof. The building has been declared unsafe. Six apartments were evacuated.
According to the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper, the girlfriend said “yes” anyway. After speaking with police, the pair travelled to Paris to celebrate. AP