Firefighters came Tuesday to the rescue of a construction crew left stranded by an equipment malfunction about 400 feet above the ground outside a high-rise under construction in the East Village.
The two workers’ elevator lift broke down at the 42nd floor of the building at 14th Street and Island Avenue about 9:45 a.m., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Emergency personnel went to the roof of the structure and, using a rope system, lowered themselves several stories down to the stuck platform.
The firefighters then removed a window on the 43rd floor and pulled the workers to safety through it, getting them inside by shortly after 11 a.m., according to SDFRD public affairs.
–City News Service
