Scaffold collapses at medical center

NEW YORK The FDNY says they got calls of a person dangling from a scaffold just before 11 a.m.

Witnesses say a piece of a wall of the building fell off, and right when that happened, the scaffolding fell. They say a man that was on the scaffolding fell, as well, and grabbed onto a rope.

A witness says while the man grabbed onto the rope dangling off the building, other workers were able to pull him to safety through a window.

Some of the building crashed several stories below where people were walking, but again no one was hurt.

An investigation into the incident is continuing.

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STORY BY: Eyewitness News reporter Phil Lipof
WEB PRODUCED BY: Scott Curkin

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