Abstract: A safety shackle including a clevis having a pair of spaced ends defining a throat therebetween, an elongated pin slidably mounted on one of the ends for movement toward the other of the ends into a closed position and from the other end into a released position, a ratchet jack having an oscillating lever and mounted on one end of the clevis for drawing the pin from the closed position into the released position by a plurality of oscillations of the lever, and an elongated flexible member extending from the lever to a position remote from the clevis for remote actuation.