An Accident
On September 2, 1998, Kikuma Yukino (菊間 千乃), a reporter of Mezamashi TV, fell from a 5th story window while reporting on a device to help occupants escape in an emergency. The accident happened when she tried to demonstrate the use of the escape system designed to lower an occupant to the ground from a window. The device was improperly secured to the building and so failed resulting in a fall from four stories onto padding placed on the ground as a safety precaution for her planned descent. Kikuma survived, sustaining an injury to her waist. It took her three months to fully recover.
After this accident, Fuji TV announcers instituted a policy of avoiding dangerous reports.
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