Worker falls down hole at 2nd Avenue subway construction site in East Harlem

EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- There was a close call at a construction site for the Second Avenue subway on Wednesday morning when a worker reportedly fell down a hole.

It happened at a site at 2085 Second Ave. in East Harlem before 9:30 a.m.

A group of other construction workers and firefighters tried to figure out how to get the worker out.

Fortunately they saved the worker who is said to be doing OK.

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