A man was rescued after he fell down an elevator shaft and was pinned at the bottom for hours, Pittsburgh authorities said.
Pittsburgh Public Safety said first responders were called to the 900 block of River Avenue around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday for reports of a man who had fallen about 8 to 12 feet down an elevator shaft without light or ventilation inside the abandoned Microsoft building.
EMS crews found the man in the pit of an elevator shaft and lowered medics down to perform a technical rescue while monitoring air quality for contaminants…