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Lawrence-Cedarhurst firefighters rescued an injured construction worker from a building on Central Avenue in Lawrence, then took him to Jamaica Hospital for treatment.
Courtesy Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department
Firefighters from the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department rescued a 30-year-old construction, who hurt his back, while working on the third floor of a building at 260 Central Ave. in Lawrence on July 6.
Found in the back of the building, the man was lifted into what is called a “stokes litter” a basket-type contraption and lowered by a tower ladder truck and was taken LCFD ambulance to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center for treatment.
“He was in a dangerous area where there was no railings,’ said LCFD 1st Assistant Chief John McHugh. “It was a precarious situation.”
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