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.
#FDNY rescues man trapped in elevator shaft at @ConEdison plant in #Brooklyn. WATCH #NBC4NY at 11! @NBCNewYork pic.twitter.com/sRkjAOjVY9
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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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