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From the NY local news blog Gothamist:

Reader Austen took some photographs of an injured man being lifted from an Upper West Side construction site. A firefighter and the injured man, who is strapped on a board, is being hoisted by a crane to the ground level. The site is at Amsterdam and West 77th, where the Dakota stables once stood but where, after a fight with preservationists, condos will soon rise.

It’s unclear what caused the man’s injury, but the Department of Buildings has been trying to improve construction site safety by reaching out to workers (here’s the DOB’s construction safety site).

- “Afternoon Rescue at UWS Construction Site” at Gothamist.com

Yep, that’s my photo! I sent the photos in to Gothamist earlier this afternoon. We’ve had a front row seat to the demolition of the Dakota Stables, and now to this serious event that’s also a teensy bit cool just because of how creative the firemen were.

Apparently the guy broke his leg. But it seems like he may have broken some other stuff too, seeing as they had to lift him out with a crane. More pics here.