Chattanooga firefighters rescued a man who fell down an elevator shaft Monday morning. Red Shift companies were dispatched to the James Building (735 Broad Street) at 8:05 AM on a reported high fall. Additional units were sent to the scene when information was received that the patient was at the bottom of an elevator shaft. The patient was part of a crew working in the building and he fell approximately 20 feet due to the elevator car not being in place. Firefighters made access to the injured patient from the basement and he was packaged for transport to the hospital. Ladder 1, Quint 1, Squad 1, Squad 20, Battalion 1, CFD Special Operations, HCEMS and CPD responded to the call.
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