Worker rescued from water tower – photos & video

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Rescue Squad was called  Thursday afternoon, at 4:40-p.m.,  to the Stutsman Rural Water District water tower under construction next to Titan Machinery in southwest  Jamestown.  A worker inside the tower was reported in need of medical assistance.   The  water tower stands 150 feet high.  Photos & video below, more Photos at Facebook

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Medical first responders were unable to reach the victim, who had trouble  breathing  and had no feeling in his legs, and was unable to climb out on his own.

The rescue squad used a construction cart while tethered by safety harnesses, and a Stokes stretcher was sent up on a line.  The victim was  secured, and a crane belonging to Dan Poland Machine Inc., that was escorted to the scene, by Jamestown Police, assisted the victim to the ground.

Firefighter, Josh Smaage was lifted about 150 feet off the ground. Lt. Mark Urquhart and Lt. Sheldon Mohr transffered the worker to a waiting medical personnel on the ground.

No information was immediately available on his condition, but he was conscious, when Jamestown Area Ambulance Service transported him to JRMC.

No other information, including his name and what caused the medical condition, was immediately available.