NYPD and FDNY Rescue Worker Injured On Top Of Roosevelt Island Tram Cabin This Afternoon
Tram Rescue Image From Eric Mellinger
According to this Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) advisory sent out at 12: 24 PM:
Please be advised that due to FDNY and NYPD activity, Tram service has been temporarily suspended. We will immediately send out a notice when service resumes.
Images Of NYPD And FDNY Rescue Units At Roosevelt Island Tram
A little bit after 12 PM today, I started receiving phone calls and messages asking what was going on at the Roosevelt Island Tram with some readers reporting:
SIX PSD cars and ONE FDNY ambulance at Tramand:
UPDATE: THREE FDNY Trucks, SIX PSD cars and ONE FDNY ambulance at Tramand:
the tram is stuck with people on it and the island is flooded with fire and police vehicles.
Image From Paul Callendrillo
Image From Eric Mellinger
I arrived at the scene and tweeted:
NYPD FDNY Roosevelt Island tram rescue of injured worker on top of tram cabin going onright now twitter.com/Rooseveltislan…
— Roosevelt Islander (@Rooseveltisland) February 5, 2013
Image of Tram Rescue
It turns out that a tram worker got his foot stuck on top of the Tram Cabin. He was rescued by NYPD and FDNY.
Tram Rescue Image From Eric Mellinger
Extent of injuries not known at this time.
Tram service was back to normal at about 1:45 PM.
UPDATE 9:45 PM - According to MYFoxNY:
An iron worker was doing routine maintenance on the Roosevelt Island Tram when his leg got stuck above some machinery in Tower 3, nearly 250 feet in the air, at around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday....
... The workers right leg was badly damaged, but rescuers said that he was talking and awake through it all.
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