Man seriously hurt after getting leg stuck in escalator at Manhattan theater

Thursday, January 25, 2018
UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A man was seriously injured Wednesday night in an accident at a Manhattan movie theater.

Police say a man in his 70s was going down an escalator at the AMC Loews on 84th Street on the Upper West Side when his leg got stuck between the steps.
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Witnesses say the escalator "bounced" and then it caught the man's foot.

The fire department had to dismantle the escalator to rescue the man and release his foot.
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He went to a hospital in serious condition.
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