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Car Dangling Off Parking Garage Rules Austin Internet's Friday Afternoon

Michael Crawford/KUT

UPDATE 5:15 p.m.:The car has been lowered to the ground.

EARLIER:Just before 3 p.m. word came from the Austin Fire Department's Twitter account: a car was dangling off the roof of a parking garage at Congress and 6th Street in downtown Austin. 

Here's a video from the scene as the car dangled: 

The person was in the car when it went over the edge and became entangled in a safety cable, but he made it out safely.

It didn't take long for the news to take off on the internet. 

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Matt has been a reporter at KUT off and on since 2006. He came to Austin from Boston, then went back for a while--but couldn't stand to be away--so he came back to Austin. Matt grew up in Maine (but hates lobster), and while it might sound hard to believe, he thinks Maine and Texas are remarkably similar.