Wednesday, April 15, 2009

HTN: Challenging Rescue in Buffalo

First responders were called to a house on Jefferson Avenue after a 911 call reporting a woman who had possible stroke symptoms. The woman needed to get to the hospital, but because of her weight, she couldn't move on her own. Rescuers were unable to get her down a narrow stairwell, so they had to cut through the home to get her out safely. It took more than 20 firefighters and city engineers with a high lift to hoist the woman from the home. She was taken to Sisters Hospital where is is doing well.

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