KIPS BAY, Manhattan (WABC) -- A man got stuck in an air shaft after apparently attempting to use it to climb down from the roof of his Manhattan apartment building early Tuesday.
Authorities say the 30-year-old man was discovered trapped inside the shaft behind the wall of a first-floor apartment on East 26th Street in Kips Bay just after midnight.
The man, who had just moved into the seven-story building, was hanging out with friends on the roof when he decided to climb into the air shaft.
Firefighters had to remove a wall to reach him after he got stuck. The rescue operation took 40 minutes.
The man was uninjured, but he was taken to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation.
Man rescued after getting trapped in Kips Bay air shaft
