Injured DC worker rescued in crane from rooftop of a construction building
WASHINGTON - Officials performed a hi-angle rescue of an injured worker on the roof of a building under construction in Northwest.
D.C. officials responded to the 600 block Park Road on Tuesday, January 23, around 8 a.m. to the report of an injured worker. Officials utilized a construction crane to lower the victim in a rescue basket called a stokes.
According to officials, the victim was successfully lowered to the ground using a crane and stokes rescue basket with a firefighter riding aboard. The victim was transported with non-life threatening injuries.
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