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Kit Vickery

Dramatic rescue of restaurant manager who fell 200ft near Dovestone shown on BBC's Close Calls

The dramatic rescue attempts to save a "miracle boy" restaurant manager who plunged almost 200ft from a popular rock stack in Oldham have featured on TV.

Imran Choudhury headed out from his South Chadderton home early in the morning on February 23, 2021, to walk to the Trinnacle, a three-pronged rock stack near Dovestone Reservoir, as part of his training to climb Mount Kilimanjaro later that year. The 37-year-old, who manages his family restaurant The New Polash in Chadderton, stopped halfway up to have some water and a snack, before continuing on and climbing the stack - broadcasting a Facebook Live to his followers to update them on his training.

Two walkers, Carly and Nadine, were close behind Imran, and took some pictures of him before he went to climb down. As he took two steps down, he slipped, and plunged almost 200ft down into the valley below. Now, the full series of events has been broadcast on BBC One's Close Calls: On Camera.

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