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Video: London mayor gets stuck on zip line

Aug 1, 2012, 9:13 AM | Updated: Oct 11, 2024, 1:16 pm

London Mayor Boris Johnson took to a zip line after Great Britain won it’s first gold of the 2012 Olympics on Tuesday, but the ride hit a snag and Johnson ended up getting stuck on the line.

“Can you get me a rope? Get me a rope, okay?” he was heard saying in a video posted to the ITV News website.

A spokeswoman at his office chuckled about Wednesday’s mishap and said Johnson was doing fine.

“Fortunately, the mayor survived his first zip wire experience,” a statement from his office said. “Clearly the judges are likely to mark him down for artistic interpretation.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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