Man parachutes from crane in San Diego

A man defied police and made an early morning parachute jump from a construction crane in the East Village area of San Diego.

Police Sgt. Michael Stirk said a security guard reported a trespasser with a parachute was high up the crane at 1 a.m. Friday.

Police and firefighters arrived but the man jumped anyway and landed in the area below.

Witnesses who saw the scene unfold told CBS San Diego it looked like “Batman flying around.”

Stirk says the man was cited for trespassing and released.

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