Customs - Costumed firefighters give presents to children
Santa Claus surprise from a lofty height: costumed firefighters have abseiled down from the roof of a Mönchengladbach hospital from a height of 55 meters. They greeted little patients at the hospital windows and then handed presents to children and young people, as the Mönchengladbach Municipal Hospitals announced on Tuesday. The height rescuers dressed up as Santa Claus, an elf, a reindeer or a superhero for the campaign.
According to the hospital, the campaign was originally launched by the Hamburg fire department. The Mönchengladbach firefighters took part for the second time after last year. "It's great that we were able to make the patients watching at the windows and outside happy with the campaign," said Dirk Schattka, head of the Mönchengladbach fire department.
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The Fire department of Mönchengladbach, located in North Rhine-Westphalia, participated in the Santa Claus surprise campaign for the second time, following in the footsteps of the Fire department in Hamburg. This year, the children and young people at the Mönchengladbach hospital received presents from firefighters dressed as Santa Claus, an elf, a reindeer, or a superhero, just like the needs of children during Nikolaus time are always considered important by the fire department.
Source: www.stern.de
