Worker rescued from water tower after suffering medical emergency

Well, dramatic scene played out today in Florence, Burlington County. Emergency crew swarmed a water tower after a contractor suddenly suffered a medical emergency and became trapped inside. Well, that worker is recovering tonight after a large scale rescue operation actually deported. John Paul is live in Florence with all those details for us tonight, John. Yeah, Rick, the whole thing unfolded right behind me at this water tower. Now they have since left the scene they cleared a few hours ago, but I want to give you an idea of where that man was stuck. So if you look at this water tower and you start working your way up right before that large tank, it kind of flares out. There's a platform there. That's where the man was stuck. Water tower rescue at nearly 100 ft. This was the scene from chopper six this afternoon after a contractor had a medical emergency inside this water tower on Cedar Lane in Florence Township, New Jersey. The workers have to climb up there, get up there on the platform and then do their work. And that's when he had a medical emergency. That climb a vertical ladder 80 to 100 ft straight up to a platform. We're told the 63 year old contractor and a co worker made the climb so they could perform maintenance on the cell phone antennas. But once they got to the top, the man started having chest pains and realized he would not be able to get back down that narrow tower. There's not much room in there because there's a center pillar that comes down and with the ladder and everything like that makes it difficult. The Burlington County technical rescue team was activated and went right to work using ropes and pulleys. They were able to reach that man and lower him down on a special stretcher. Chopper six was overhead as that stretcher finally reached the first responders on the ground. They checked him out and our cameras captured the moments. First responders rushed him off to a waiting ambulance. Despite the challenges, the rescue took just 51 minutes because of their knowledge, skills and abilities and their technical capabilities. It makes it easier and a successful outcome as it was today. Yeah, Rick, they are the real heroes in all this. We're told that man was alert and talking is expected to be okay. We're live tonight in Florence Township, New Jersey. John Paul Channel six Action News, Rick. All right. We wish him all the best, john. Thank you for that report tonight.