City firefighters and EMS workers rescued an injured woman from the clock tower of Eastern Kentucky University's most prominent campus building late last week.
The unidentified woman was inside the tower above the Keen Johnson Building about 10 or 11 p.m. Thursday when she fell 10 to 12 feet from a ladder.
Firefighters had to cut a hole into the tower wall to get to her, Richmond Fire Chief Gerald Tatum said. Rescue workers lowered her in a basket to a firetruck below.
EKU spokesman Marc Whitt said he could not confirm a report that the woman was accompanied by a male university employee. He could not say why she was in the tower or how she got there.
The woman was treated at Pattie A. Clay Hospital in Richmond for minor injuries and released early Friday, Whitt said.
Campus police were continuing to investigate, but foul play was not suspected, he said.
The incident has caused some talk around campus. Keen Johnson is probably EKU's most distinctive building and often seen in pictures of the campus.
Built in 1939 and named for a former governor and EKU regent, the building was the student center for what was then Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College. It now houses social events and also contains offices and the campus bookstore.
