A group of other construction workers and firefighters worked together to get the victim out.
The second phase of the project will extend Q train service from 96th Street north on Second Avenue to 125th Street and then west on 125th Street to Park Avenue.
The pause leaves a multi-billion hole in the agency's budget and $16.5 billion in projects are being deferred due to the pause.
MTA board members have to prioritize what transit projects to focus on because they're losing out on the revenue that was expected from congestion pricing.
Construction is now paused on expanding the Second Avenue subway into East Harlem after the fallout of congestion pricing.
On Saturday, New York officials hosted United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in East Harlem to announce the next steps in the completion of this second phase.