Boston firefighters used ropes and harnesses to rescue a man from an elevator shaft inside an office building.Photos posted on social media by the department show members of technical rescue companies using ropes, harnesses and a tripod system to hoist the man up to an open elevator door on Thursday. According to the caption, the man was stuck in the shaft at 53 State Street. The department said he was lifted approximately 70 feet to an opening on the building’s 21st floor.
Boston firefighters used ropes and harnesses to rescue a man from an elevator shaft inside an office building.
Photos posted on social media by the department show members of technical rescue companies using ropes, harnesses and a tripod system to hoist the man up to an open elevator door on Thursday.
According to the caption, the man was stuck in the shaft at 53 State Street. The department said he was lifted approximately 70 feet to an opening on the building’s 21st floor.
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