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CNN BREAKING NEWS

Construction Worker Falls Into Hole

Aired September 30, 2002 - 14:46   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Breaking news out of Miami right now, live pictures from our CNN affiliate WSVN. And we are told, you can see, rescue crews right now getting a worker -- this is tape, I'm told, not live pictures, tape turned around from just moments ago. A construction worker who fell 20 feet into a hole. You can see actually was just being pulled away from it, while working on this area.
We don't know how long he had been trapped. He had been trapped for awhile. When workers responded to scene, they were able to just pull him out.

They are working on him now, getting him to a hospital.

Live pictures now of the helicopter that is going to be taking the construction worker to the hospital, LifeFlight pulling in there.

Live pictures from Miami courtesy of WSVN.

Once again, a construction worker falling 20 feet into a hole in an area that he was working on trapped for a bit of time has now been rescued, and will be LifeFlighted to the closest hospital.

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