BOSTON (WHDH) - Firefighters rescued a worker from the roof of a building in Boston on Thursday after he suffered an apparent medical emergency.
Emergency crews responding to 501 Congress St. around 2:30 p.m. placed a man suffering from a medical emergency into a Stokes Basket and lowered him two flights by rope before placing him onto a construction elevator and lowering him to the ground, according to the department.
The worker was loaded into an ambulance and taken to an area hospital.
There was no word on their condition.
Additional information was not immediately available.
At approximately 2:30 a tech rescue response at 501 Congress a building under construction. A worker suffered a medical emergency on the roof. pic.twitter.com/7j4UNposxh
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) July 11, 2019
This is a developing news story, stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.
(Copyright (c) 2024 Sunbeam Television. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)