UPTOWN — A 31-year-old man was in serious condition after falling from a short height at an Uptown high-rise apartment building, Fire Department officials said Thursday.
At 1:11 p.m., responders found the man with "trauma injuries" just outside the building, 4100 N. Marine Dr., according to Fire Department Chief Juan Hernandez. The man reported that he fell a distance of "seven to eight feet," Hernandez said.
Fire officials first tweeted that the man was "rescued from [a] shaft," but Hernandez later said he didn't think the man fell in an elevator shaft, calling it one of "a couple stories that have gotten around."
Victim rescued from shaft at 4100 marine. Taken to Illinois Masonic serious condition
— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) February 18, 2016
A building manager inside the complex later said the incident "had nothing to do with the elevator," and that he had no further comment.
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