Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Construction worker survives fall from Upper Darby's McClatchy Building

A construction worker who fell two stories from the historic McClatchy Building on 69th Street early this afternoon is expected to live.

“From what I understand, he was up on a ladder cutting I-beams when one of them swung down and knocked the ladder out from underneath him,” Upper Darby Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood said. “He fell about 25 feet into the basement of the building and landed on a pile of wood, which apparently saved him from falling farther.”  Read more here...

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