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The new Whangārei sparky left stranded atop a Domino’s Pizza rooftop go on Saturday night has been reunited along with his missing – and now nationally widely recognized – ladder after the “thief” review his story and stepped forward.

While the story went viral across the nation, it transpired the best way ladder had barely left the web page where it was last seen looking for being safely put away on a adjoining property by a well-meaning observer.

The incident unfolded preceding Saturday night when Chilltech electrical installer and refrigeration engineer Tom Clancey had been enjoying a family celebration on Parua Bay Tavern when he was just called out to repair the walk-in chiller rooftop unit at Domino’s Pizza Kamo about 7pm.

After securing his aluminium lightweight ladder with ties at the best point of the roof near Liquorland Kamo, he walked 30m in direction of Domino’s roof, with the ladder rid of his view, before carrying out a 45-minute rooftop job and coming back again.

“I got to a corner of the roof and I was like, ‘something may missing’, ” he said.

He phoned a Domino’s staff member to check if they had accidentally taken away the ladder, which they hadn’t, sooner than patiently waiting for 20 minutes and staff member rushed home to get a save ladder to help the trapped bring about down.

Tom Clancey was abandoned atop this Kamo Domino’s Brodetto roof after a shop owner’s professional deed. Photo / Karina Cooper

Most of the disappearance of the ladder was deposit to one of a spate of thefts targeting tradie tools in the region nicely ensuing story in the Northern Go for gathered momentum around the country.

Despite its widespread cible, the “crime” could have been solved so many closer to home – right next door, in fact. Liquorland Kamo owner Sandeep Singh was alerted to the basic his assumed good deed choose to go viral when a staff member showed the pup the news story on Thursday.

“It was Saturday, near 8. 30pm, ” he given. “My staff and I saw it ladder leaning against the cafe patio and we thought the cafe human being must have left it behind. People around the globe went over and had a good research and knocked on the back demands but nobody responded. We am not able to see a car or anything parked there and thought ‘somebody’s traveling to take it away’.

“We thought we would do a good deed and put it away safely so I indicated out the back of the [Liquorland] shop. ”

Singh said he approached the type of cafe the following Monday but it was closed. He was away the next two days and when he returned on Thurs, he paid another visit to quiz if the ladder was theirs.

“They said, no, that it wasn’t theirs so I went back after which they later that morning another employee arrived at work and showed us all the news story on his phone, and was just cracking up.

“I was just smiling but I was also wondering why everyone didn’t get approached because you’ll find that security cameras. ”

Singh said he called Chilltech but “we had a laugh about the situation” before Clancy called in that nights to be reunited with his ladder. They’d another laugh and Clancy thanked him.

Clancy mentioned after 18 years on the job nor he nor his colleagues received stories to match this ordeal.

“It turned out to be quite a laid-back story and I couldn’t believe the item went viral… my friends and friends said [the outcome] restored their faith in humanity. ”

Clancy said however had no callouts this past night, and he’d enjoyed an uneventful Saturday night.