D.C. Fire Uses Crane to Rescue Construction Worker Downtown
Victim being lifted to safety in stokes rescue basket and crane pic.twitter.com/ao8pubNrjQ
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) October 27, 2016
(Updated at 2:10 p.m.) Firefighters used a crane with a special basket to rescue an injured man from a downtown construction site this afternoon, according to the D.C. Fire and EMS Department.
The construction worker received “some sort of leg injury” about 1 p.m. in a pit where the former Washington Post building stood at 15th and L streets NW, D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Vito Maggiolo told Borderstan.
It wasn’t immediately clear how the man was hurt. But his injuries were non-life-threatening.
After a crane hoisted the worker from the construction site and onto a street, paramedics brought him to a local hospital.
@dcfireems Moving the patient into position for hoisting. pic.twitter.com/SV7Li9TCjD
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) October 27, 2016
Final 15th & L Sts NW. Injured worker has been transported to hospital. Injury NOT considered serious. Call received around 1 PM. pic.twitter.com/aYHRJLYBrz
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) October 27, 2016
