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Worker Airlifted After 25-Foot Fall From Roof In NJ, Video Shows Rescue Response: Police

A 46-year-old Pennsylvania man was rescued after he fell 25 feet from the roof of a building in Fairfield, NJ on Friday, Sept. 20, authorities said (scroll for video).

First responders helped rescue a man who fell from a roof and got trapped between pipes.

First responders helped rescue a man who fell from a roof and got trapped between pipes.

Photo Credit: Fairfield Police

At 10:54 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call reporting a man had fallen from the roof of a commercial building at 310 Fairfield Ave., Fairfield Police Officer Stacy Chiarolanza said.

The man, who was allegedly employed by a roofing company from Delran and was conducting roof work at the time of the incident, fell from the roof onto metal piping where he became entrapped, Chiarolanza said.

Numerous departments and private citizens assisted with the extrication, part of which was captured on video released by police. Video shows responders stabilizing the man as paramedics wait nearby with a stretcher. The man can be heard groaning in pain.

The victim was conscious and talking at the time he was transported, though the extent of his injuries is unknown, police said.

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