Man rescued after falling 30 feet down Queens storm drain

NEW YORK, N.Y. — First responders successful New York City rescued a antheral who fell astir 30 feet down a Queens tempest drain Sunday morning.

The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) says its crews were connected the country wrong 3 minutes of the archetypal study made astatine astir 8:03 a.m. ET.

At the scene, the section lowered a firefighter down the spread and helium established interaction with the antheral astatine the bottom.

With the assistance of the New York City Police Department, FDNY says it was capable to assistance the antheral retired of the hole.

“I americium precise blessed to study that the unfortunate that was removed suffered non-life-threatening injuries and present is astatine New York-Presbyterian Hospital,” said FDNY Assistant Chief Michael Gala.

Authorities are inactive investigating however the antheral got into the hole.

It's not wide yet if the mishap was related to the tempest harm sustained successful the metropolis from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

At a property league implicit the incident, Gala took the accidental to punctual New Yorkers of the value of utilizing the 911 strategy to assistance themselves and others who are successful trouble.