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Elevator Worker Suffers Electric Shock in Murray Hill Building, FDNY Says

January 31, 2013 1:51pm | Updated January 31, 2013 1:51pm
A man was electrocuted within 49 E. 34th St. while working on an elevator on Thursday Jan. 31, 2013.
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MURRAY HILL — An elevator worker suffered an electric shock in an East 34th Street building Thursday, according to the FDNY.

The unidentified man was injured about 12:40 p.m. inside of 49 E. 34th St., near Madison Avenue, a fire spokesman said.

The victim was taken to New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell, where he was listed in serious condition, the spokesman said.

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