Crews Rescue Worker From White House Scaffolding
Crews Rescue Worker From White House Scaffolding
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Emergency crews rescued a construction worker from scaffolding on the White House North Portico on Monday afternoon and took him away in an ambulance.
Local dispatchers called for a "high-angle rescue" for the worker, who was part of a team removing scaffolding from President Donald Trump's renovation of the portico, according to The Washington Post.
Responders lowered the man to the ground in a stokes basket. An MS NOW crew saw him alert and responsive before he was loaded into the ambulance. It is unclear whether he had been injured or suffered another medical emergency.
Timeline
The White House told MS NOW that the North Portico was undergoing standard renovations, including stonework and crack repair, along with security enhancements to its doors.
The tarp shrouding the scaffolding around the portico's columns was removed.
An ambulance and EMS crews responded to the White House and went to the North Portico, where a dispatch said a worker had been injured, according to The Hill.
Responders lowered the worker in a stokes basket, put him on a stretcher and drove him to the hospital, the Post reported. Removal of the scaffolding appeared to end for the day.
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The White House and DC Fire/EMS were not immediately available for comment on the incident, MS NOW reported. The Hill also reported the White House had not commented.
Trump was away from the building. He spent the Labor Day weekend in Bedminster, N.J., and was scheduled to return to the White House on Monday evening.
What's Next
The worker's condition has not been publicly reported, and no official cause of the emergency has been given.
Scaffolding removal at the North Portico is expected to resume once work restarts; crews had stopped for the day after the incident.
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The Bigger Project
The North Portico work is one piece of more than a dozen construction projects the Trump administration has been running across Washington, D.C., according to MS NOW.
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