First responders rescued a parachutist from a high-rise building in Uptown overnight Monday, the Charlotte Fire Department said.Our Channel 9 photographer captured footage of the huge emergency response in the 500 block of South Church Street just before 1 a.

Firefighters worked to quickly create a high-angle rope system to secure and get to the man. At 1:28 a.m., a firefighter reached the parachutist, and at 1:43 a.m. he was brought to the rooftop uninjured.

Firefighters rescued a parachutist after he was trapped on the side of a high-rise in Uptown Charlotte early Tuesday morning, officials said. Charlotte Fire responded to a report of someone stuck on a building along South Church Street near the Mint Museum around 1 a.