MBTA Worker Falls 30 Feet

Video of firefighters talking about rescue mission

Today, on March 30, MBTA worker Edward Rowe fell into a narrow shaft inside the concrete structures that support the Charles Street/MGH Red Line Station in Boston. It took several hours and 40 firefighters to remove Edward from this hole. The Red Line train station had to suspend activity at the service between Cambridge and Boston because of this event. Buses had to take the passengers on the train between Kendall Station in Cambridge and Broadway Station in South Boston. This rescue mission was very difficult for the firefighters because they could not fit into the 2 by 2 hole that Edward had fallen into, so they had to pull him strait up. Once he was hoisted out of the hole, Edward was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment of his two broken legs. This occurrence led to some changes at the MBTA station. Instead of using plywood planks to cover the holes, which Edward fell through, metal covers will be installed system wide.