High-Stakes Technical Rescue: Hackensack Firefighters Save Woman Trapped in 14th-Floor Trash Chute
photos courtesy of the City of Hackensack Fire Department
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Hackensack NJ, What started as a routine Sunday afternoon quickly turned into a heart-pounding, high-stakes technical rescue operation in downtown Hackensack, New Jersey.
At approximately 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 7th, the City of Hackensack Fire Department responded to an unbelievable 911 emergency call at 150 Main Street. A woman had reportedly entered the building’s 14th-floor trash chute and plunged down the narrow shafts to an unknown location inside the high-rise structure.
