Crime & Safety

Times Square Worker Trapped After Fall At Iconic Building: FDNY

The worker was taken to a local hospital with injuries, the Fire Department said.

TIMES SQUARE, NY — A worker was hurt in a fall while working on an electronic billboard 20 stories above Times Square, the FDNY said. The worker fell from a ladder while working on the Toshiba sign just before 11 a.m., the Fire Department said.

First-responders treated the unidentified worker while they were stuck atop the building, the FDNY said.

The person was eventually taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that weren't life-threatening, the FDNY said.

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