Fla. Worker Pulled From Yacht Elevator Shaft

Sept. 20, 2011
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A worker was pulled out of an elevator shaft of a mega yacht at a St. Augustine marina on Monday afternoon. The man fell about 20 feet down the shaft in the yacht in the 400 block of Riberia Street, rescuers said. It took firefighters about an hour to get him out. The man was taken to Flagler Hospital in stable condition. The yacht is called the Harbour Island and is 180 feet long.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. --

A worker was pulled out of an elevator shaft of a mega yacht at a St. Augustine marina on Monday afternoon.

The man fell about 20 feet down the shaft in the yacht in the 400 block of Riberia Street, rescuers said.

It took firefighters about an hour to get him out.

The man was taken to Flagler Hospital in stable condition.

The yacht is called the Harbour Island and is 180 feet long.

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