(KMIZ)Police say a 33-year-old Columbia man had to be rescued after he was seen throwing items from the window of a Municipal Power Plant tower Wednesday morning. First responders brought Nichols down from the power plant tower on Wednesday morning. Ave told ABC 17 News that officers were dispatched just after 6:30 a.m. about someone in a secure area of the power plant. Ave said the person was in a telecommunications facility in the power plant, about 150 feet in the air. The city also reports that there have been approximately five incidents of people trespassing onto the power plant in the past 20 years.