National Post account of why “crane girl” did what she did

The National Post account from court by Vanessa Hravatin says that Marisa Lazo, the crane girl, climbed the huge construction machine on a whim after a night of drinking. She told the judge that she would have been able to get down by herself but she slipped. The misjudgment caused her to slide “uncontrollably” down a cable to the crane’s hook where she was completely stranded.