NYC Target worker and boy fall 3 floors down elevator shaft during a fight
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NYC Target worker and 16-year-old boy fall THREE FLOORS down elevator shaft: Teen was being escorted out of store when they scuffled and crashed into elevator doors
- A Target worker and a 16-year-old boy fell three stories down a life shaft during a fight
- The worker fell through a gap between the cab and the axle, trapping him below.
- They fell around 11.15am but the worker was not pulled out until 12.30pm
- Firefighters were able to quickly rescue the 16-year-old boy who fell onto the cab.
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A Target employee and a 16-year-old boy fell three stories down an elevator shaft after a physical fight at a New York City store.
They broke through the locked elevator doors at the Bronx Target around 11:15 a.m., causing the pair to plummet and land in the elevator, which was below them in the empty shaft.
The boy landed on top of the elevator car, while the 29-year-old security guard employee fell between the car walls and the shaft and then into the shaft below.
He remained trapped there and was taken out of the elevator shaft about an hour later. He is said to be in critical condition, NYPD and FDNY officials said.
The security guard was escorting the teen, believed to be a shoplifter, out of Target when the violent fight took place.
A Target employee (pictured) and a 16-year-old boy fell three stories down an elevator shaft after getting into a physical fight at a New York City store.
The target is on the fourth floor of a mall in the Bronx.
The 16-year-old boy fell on top of the elevator car. The 29-year-old man fell between the cabin and the wall of the shaft, before ending up in the elevator shaft, where he was eventually saved by firefighters.
The clerk was leading the 16-year-old boy out of the store when a fight broke out, police said after a preliminary investigation.
When firefighters arrived, they found the boy at the top of the elevator, which was under the open doors, FDNY Deputy Deputy Chief John Sorocco said during a news conference. NY Daily News reported.
FDNY personnel were required to cut power to the elevator before firefighters could descend the shaft and pull the man out using a pulley.
“The first victim was transferred immediately,” Sorocco said.
‘The second victim, it was a more difficult operation. She was under the elevator. We had to secure the elevator and put the brake on,” she added.
Firefighters had to lift the man out of the elevator shaft, which was approximately 15 feet below.
The footage showed dozens of emergency service members rushing to the scene as they transported the victims of the elevator fall to an ambulance.
The Target is on the fourth floor of a Bronx shopping complex on Exterior Street, not far from Yankee Stadium.
FDNY personnel were required to cut power to the elevator before firefighters could descend the shaft and pull the man out using a pulley.
The Target employee was pulled from the pit more than an hour after he fell. His condition was described as critical.
The teen was rescued first and taken to a Harlem hospital for treatment for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The Target worker who was trapped in the elevator shaft was pulled out around 12:30 p.m.
The worker appeared conscious as he lay on a spinal board and received medical attention. It was like they took him by ambulance to Lincoln Hospital.
He is believed to be in critical condition.