The building is located at 3600 Boardwalk in Sea Isle City.
SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. – A recovery mission continues for a person trapped under a collapsed balcony. This is all unfolding at a Cape May County high-rise."Just total chaos," Joye Fiocchi said."Just people screaming."
Chaos in Sea Isle City, that's how Fiocchi describes the moments after a balcony collapsed at the Spinnaker condo complex off of 36th Street and the Boardwalk."I called 911 right away," Fiocchi said."And it's just 20 minutes later I heard him screaming again. I guess he was saying get it off of me and I never heard anything since."
Just before 2:30 p.m. Friday, officials say two construction workers were on the 8th-floor balcony when it fell. Pinning a third worker on the 7th-floor balcony."We felt it through our bodies like shaking and it was a really, really loud boom," Hupperich said. First responders from Cape May and Camden counties, as well as at the state level worked together in recovery efforts to free the man trapped on the 7th floor. Police & fire on scene confirm a recovery rescue is underway. 3 privately contracted construction workers were involved in the balcony collapse.
Officials tell us 2 on the 8th floor balcony sustained minor injuries. The man trapped was on 7th floor balcony.
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