Man Hospitalized After Falling Down NYC High Rise Elevator Shaft: FDNY

MIDTOWN, NY — A construction worker fell 15 feet to the bottom of an elevator shaft in Midtown on Thursday, New York City Fire Department officials said.

According to the FDNY, the man was working at the construction site for the high-rise at 32 West 48th St. around 4:24 p.m., right near Rockefeller Plaza, when he fell off a portable ladder and down into the elevator shaft he was working on.

"He fell to the bottom of the elevator shaft, where he was injured and incapacitated," Battalion Chief Joseph Castellano said on X (formerly Twitter). "We contacted the Rockefeller Center Alarm Team that was in the area due to the high volume of traffic."

The emergency responders worked to stabilize the man at the bottom of the elevator shaft and then lifted him out using ropes and a stretcher.

"In no short order, we had the patient up the top side in the care of EMS, where they transported him to Bellevue Hospital to receive further care,” Castellano said.

The FDNY does not have information on the current condition of the worker or what led up to the fall.

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