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Struggling
against
darkness
and
overcoming
access
problems,
units
under
the
command
of
the
Special
Operations
Battalion
successfully
removed
an
injured
worker
from
a
construction
site
on
Tuesday
night,
May
22nd.
A
confined
space
rescue
assignment
was
dispatched
around
8:30
P.M.
to
#70
Eye
Street
S.E.
They
arrived
to
find
a
worker
suffering
traumatic
injuries
at
the
bottom
of a
70
foot
deep
construction
hole.
Firefighters
from
Squad
1
descended
into
the
site,
along
with
paramedic
personnel,
to
stabilize
and
package
the
victim.
Working
in
conjunction
with
Squad
2,
they
than
secured
the
patient
into
a
stokes
basket,
and
lifted
him
to
safety
via
a
construction
crane.
The
worker
was
than
transported
to a
local
trauma
center
with
serious
but
non
life-threatening
injuries.
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