Illinois worker spent over six hours trapped in gas station sign too tall for fire truck ladders to reach

An Illinois maintenance worker was trapped for more than six hours in a 130-foot-tall gas station sign after his lift malfunctioned.

The worker, who identified himself as AJ Gow, was doing repair work Tuesday on the towering sign, which is located along Lorenzo Road off Interstate 55 in Wilmington.

At 1:55 p.m., the Wilmington Fire District was called to this area on a report of a worker stuck inside one of the enclosed signs atop the sign pole.

"The telescopic boom lift used...