FDNY rescues employee after dumbwaiter falls on him inside Midtown, Manhattan constructing

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) — The FDNY rescued a person after the dumbwaiter he was apparently engaged on fell on him inside a constructing in Midtown on Tuesday afternoon.

The FDNY mentioned a 911 name was made round 12:30 p.m. for a confined house rescue at a constructing on E. 54th Avenue.

Firefighter arrived on the scene to search out {that a} dumbwaiter automobile in a shaft had fallen onto a employee engaged on it on avenue degree.

They determined as an alternative to safe the automobile and break by means of the partitions to get to the person.

The sufferer was acutely aware and alert throughout all the operation and was taken to the hospital after he was rescued.

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