BREAKING UPDATE: After more than eight hours, a worker who was trapped in a trench in Allentown was finally rescued. ABaskerville10 has the latest details:
Crews rescued a worker who was trapped in a trench in Allentown, Pennsylvania, after more than eight hours during bitter cold temperatures on Wednesday.
Firefighters responded to the scene. The first worker was able to climb out when firefighters lowered a ladder. The second worker remained buried up to his chin in the trench, which was 12 to 15-feet deep. "It's extremely difficult because there's so many other things that can go wrong," Allentown Fire Captain John Christopher told NBC10."That's why before we ever go into the trench, just things like air monitoring. We have to monitor the atmosphere in the trench first. We have to then place the shoring before any of our guys got down. Then as soon as we're able to get down, we've got EMS personnel.
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