RESCUERS SAVE WORKER.Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer Firefighters Thursday rescued a construction worker from a 20-foot-deep trench, where he became trapped after breaking his leg. Rigoberto Garcia, 52, was working in the trench on an overnight shift, relocating utilities as part of a project that will realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. the intersection of Burbank and Victory boulevards. Around 4:30 a.m. some dirt in the trench ``sloughed off'' and fell onto a shovel near where Garcia was working, said Burbank Fire Marshal fire marshal n. 1. The head of a department or office that is charged with the prevention and investigation of fires. 2. A person in charge of firefighting personnel and equipment at an industrial plant. Noun 1. Darryl Forbes. The force of the dirt hitting the shovel was so intense that the shovel ``whipped around'' and hit Garcia's left leg, Forbes said. Stuck in the trench with a broken leg, it took firefighters and paramedics nearly 90 minutes to get the man out using a backboard back·board n. 1. A board placed under or behind something to provide firmness or support. 2. A board placed beneath the body of a person with an injury to the neck or back, used especially in transporting the person in such a way and stretcher basket. ``He was in sheer agony when they pulled him out,'' Forbes said. Forbes said Garcia has a broken leg and an injured shoulder. Garcia is an employee of Doty Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) ., a Norwalk-based contractor hired by Burbank for the utility relocation project, Forbes said. Garcia was taken to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center is a hospital in Burbank, California, USA. The hospital has 455 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. It's adress is: 501 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505. . Hospital officials said he was in stable condition Thursday afternoon. They did not elaborate. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO Pasadena and Burbank firefighters extract construction worker Rigoberto Garcia from a 20-foot trench. James Richman/Special to the Daily News |
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