Tampa, Fla. (970 WFLA) - Trapped below the deck of a moored barge, Tampa Fire Rescue pulls a Port of Tampa worker to safety!
Firefighters used ropes and rigging equipment to lower paramedics fifty feet down into the cargo area to reach and treat the 18 year old man.
Once rescue teams had him strapped in a basket, crews pulled the unidentified man to safety.
He was taken to Tampa General for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Photo Credit: Tampa Fire Rescue