A man fell down a 16th floor shaft at a New York construction site and sustained only minor injuries after a tangle of ductwork broke his fall.
George Saguay, a welder, slipped while working about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday on the 16th floor of a construction site, the UPI reported.
He fell four stories down the shaft, and firefighters cut through the ductwork to rescue him.
"He looked very scared," plumber Wil Rodriguez, 52, told the New York Daily News. "I just kept talking to him, keeping him calm and relaxed."
Saguay was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital with only minor injuries.
"I guess it was quite a ride," Capt. Michael Parks, an acting battalion chief who helped with the rescue, told the Daily News. "He's very lucky."
