Worker Hurt At World Trade Center, FDNY Says

LOWER MANHATTAN, NY — A worker was taken to the hospital Thursday after being injured at 3 World Trade Center, an FDNY spokeswoman said.

An initial report of a wall collapse at the Lower Manhattan skyscraper proved to be false, the spokeswoman said. The injured worker was transported to New York Presbyterian's Lower Manhattan Hospital suffering non life-threatening injuries.

The worker was dismantling a wall inside the tower when he was hurt, a spokesperson for Silverstein Properties — which owns 3 World Trade Center — said in a statement.

"A construction worker injured his leg this afternoon while he was dismantling a sheetrock and plywood wall within the building. The injury is not life-threatening, he has been transported to the hospital and we wish him well," the spokesman said.

Three World Trade Center is the third tower to be built on the site of the original World Trade Center since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The building is located next to the Oculus transit hub and across the street from the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The building opened in June after a lengthy construction period.

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