<b>EXCLUSIVE

A Hapless elderly man spent seven hours stuck 25 feet up a tree before being rescued by firemen.

The 83-year-old had clambered up a pine tree in Christchurch Park, Ipswich, trying to retrieve a kite when he became stuck.

But because he was suffering from a cold, nobody could hear him shouting for help - and he was only spotted by a dog walker looking at squirrels.

She called the fire brigade, who sent an engine with a turntable ladder to the park to rescue the man, who asked not to be named.

<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pensioner-stuck-up-tree-e1455184425201.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2724"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pensioner-stuck-up-tree-e1455184425201.jpg" alt="pensioner-stuck-up-tree" width="733" height="485" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2724" /></a></center><center><i>Safe again: rescued pensioner uses fireman's phone to call his wife</center></i><br><br>



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