NEW YORK — Firefighters in New York freed four people who were trapped for hours on Wednesday morning underground in an elevator shaft, according to multiple reports.
The New York City Fire Department told WNBC it was called just after 7:30 a.m. to a report of people trapped in an elevator about 220 feet below ground at the Consolidated Edison plant at 1 Hudson Ave.
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Video shared by the news station around 10:40 a.m. showed a man being put on an ambulance following his rescue.
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A Con Ed spokesman told Patch.com that the people trapped included three contractors and a company employee. They were freed around 10:45 a.m., an FDNY spokesperson told the news site.
Officials told Patch.com that the four suffered injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening.
Fire officials told WNBC the injuries were “from the jolt of the elevator car stopping.”
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