Witnesses say the 55-year-old man was bouncing a baseball on top of one of the buildings when he fell and got stuck on Friday.
Firefighters had to use drills, hammers and saws to cut through a wall of one of the buildings to free him.
It took more than three hours to rescue the man.
He was taken to the hospital in serious condition.
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