Worker rescued after construction accident

Crews rescued a worker on Thursday afternoon after a wall fell onto him at a luxury high-rise construction site in downtown West Palm Beach, authorities say.

WORKER IS RECOVERINGAFTER TENSE MOMENTS INDOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH.

THATWORKER WAS TRAPPED..

WHEN AWALL FELL ON HIM..

ON THE 13THFLOOR OF A CONSTRUCTIONPROJECT.IT HAPPENED AT THE CORNER OFQUADRILLE AND DIXIE HIGHWAYTHIS AFTERNOON.

WPTVs CHRISGILMORE SPOKE WITH FIRE CREWSABOUT THE MISSION TO SAVE HIM.WHEN CREWS FINALLY GOT HIMDOWN..

HE WAS RUSHED TO AHOSPITAL.

POLICE SAY THEWORKER'S INJURIES ARE NOT LIFETHREATENING.WORK CAME TO A SCREECHING HATHIS AFTERNOON..

WHEN RESCUECREWS SAY A REBAR WALL FELL ONA WORKER ON THE 13TH FLOOR.CONSTRUCTION CREWS ANDFIREFIGHTERS USED A CRANE TOHOIST A STRETCHER TO THE TFLOOR..

THEN THE VICTIM COULDBE LOWERED WHILE ATTACHED TO AFIRST RESPONDER.

THEY GOT HIMDOWN..

AND INTO AN AMBULANCE..A FIREFIGHTERS SAY HE WAS INSTABLE CONDITION.

ITCLEAR RIGHT NOW WHAT CAUSEDTHIS TO HAPPEN..

BUT THE WINDMADE THE RESCUE MORECOMPLICATED.They're gonna being him downon the back end of thebuilding because of the windconditions they want to keephim out of the wind as much aspossible because they donwant him moving around toomuch in the wind.NOW THE INVESTIGATION ISUNDERWAY TO TRY TO FIGURE OU*HOW THIS HAPPENED.PROMINENT DEVELOPER JEFFGREENE IS BEHIND THE 30-STORY"ONE WEST PALM" TOWER.

GROUNDBROKE LAST APRIL WITHCOMPLETION EXPECTED IN 20-21."ONE WEST PALM" IS EXPECTED TOFEATURE HOTEL SUITES, LUXURYAPARTMENTS, ALONG WITHSIGNIFICANT RETAIL AND MEETINGSPACE.

WEST PALM MAYOR KEITHJAMES HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID ITFUFILLS A NEED FOR "CLASSOFFICE SPACE" IN THE C