Louisville, Ky. Firefighters Pull Bridge Worker from Ohio River

March 28, 2007
Officials confirmed the man was a worker who fell from rigging on the Kennedy Bridge.

Firefighters, using their rescue boat, pulled a man from the Ohio River just before 5 p.m. Monday. The original call came to Clark County Dispatch.

Officials confirmed the man was a worker who fell from rigging on the Kennedy Bridge.

A fire official said an ambulance had been dispatched to pick the man up from a downtown wharf. There was not yet any word on his condition.

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