Friday, March 20, 2009

Atlanta fire-rescue crews rescued two men trapped

Watch the story from WXIA-TV (or here)

From our sister station in Atlanta, WXIA-TV:

Atlanta fire-rescue crews rescued two men trapped on a scaffold that partially collapsed in downtown Atlanta late Thursday afternoon.
Peachtree Street was closed in the area of the rescue operation.
The accident happened around 5:30 Thursday afternoon at 54 Peachtree Street, near Underground Atlanta.
The two men were on the scaffold near the top of the building when the collapse occurred.
Rescue crews lowered the men from the scaffold near the top of the building to the ground, one at a time, shortly after 7 p.m.
Neither man was reported injured.

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