Crime & Safety
Worker Hurt In Fall At Obama Presidential Center Construction Site
A construction worker fell several stories down a shaft at the Obama Presidential Center construction site Wednesday afternoon.
January 23, 2025
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A construction worker fell several stories down a shaft at the Obama Presidential Center construction site Wednesday afternoon in the Woodlawn neighborhood.
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Sources said a worker fell "multiple stories" down a ventilation shaft while working on the Museum Building at the Obama Center site at 60th Street and Stony Island Avenue in Jackson Park.
The man was awake when he was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center with multiple injuries. His condition was not immediately available.
