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Rescue: Firefighters, Colleagues Remove Concrete Worker Who Fell Into Open Fair Lawn Foundation

PHOTOS: Fair Lawn firefighters used a combination of ladders, wooden slats and ropes to rescue a construction worker who fell more than 10 feet into an open foundation on Wednesday.

The worker was in obvious pain after suffering injuries that responders said weren't considered life-threatening in the Berdan Avenue mishap near Philip Street.

Members of Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue Services -- assisted by the victim's co-workers -- gingerly lifted him from the hole in a secured Stokes basket.

Rescued.

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The worker was in obvious pain after suffering injuries that responders said weren't considered life-threatening.

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The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Squad took him to a local hospital.

The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Squad took him to a local hospital.

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Borough police also responded.

Berdan Avenue near Philip Street, Fair Lawn

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Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story.

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