A closer look shows the fate of two people left hanging from a Longview radio tower could have easily been much worse.

Passengers rescued from hot air balloon tangled to cell tower in Texas ...

The two balloonists were more than 900 feet in the air when they became entangled.

Crews in East Texas rescued two people stranded hundreds of feet in the air after a hot-air balloon hit a communications tower.

It's a hot air balloon tangled up in a communications tower! Firefighters in Longview, Texas, rescued 2 hot air balloonists ...

Two people were left dangling from a communications tower near Longview, Texas, on Saturday until more than a dozen firefighters could scale the equivalent of a skyscraper to reach them.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hot air balloon basket struck a cellphone tower and became tangled, stranding the occupants roughly 920 feet above ground.

LONGVIEW, Texas — Two people were rescued Saturday morning after a hot air balloon crashed into a radio tower in Texas. The incident took place in Longview, Texas, which is about 120 miles east of ...