A student has managed to survive after falling 10 stories and being trapped between two buildings for over 24 hours.
Asher Vongtau, 19, is in serious condition in hospital
after emergency services removed him from between two buildings in New
York.
He had fallen into a tight space between a parking
garage and the New York University dorm building – although officials
are not sure how.
Incredibly, Vongtau was conscious when he was finally rescued.
“He was conscious, he was moving, he was definitely tired,” Fire ChiefJoseph Schiralli told the New York Daily News.
Fire crews had to break down a nearby wall to reach him –
lowering a breathing apparatus to help him through the hour and a half
rescue operation,
Vongtau, originally from Pittsburgh, was squeezed into a space that was just a foot and a half wide.
Fire officials said the only way into the crawl space
was from above, and they believe the narrow walls of the air shaft where
Vongtau fell broke the fall.
Friends reported Vongtau missing after he stopped replying to texts on Saturday.
There will now be an investigation to see whether a false fire alarm caused his fall…….
