Watch: Construction worker rescued by firefighters from side of Florida building

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A construction worker in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was rescued from a scaffold carriage that broke while he was suspended above the ground.

Firefighters were able to rescue the man through a harness dropped from atop the building, and by raising a fire truck later to bring him down.

Officials have not said what led the worker’s scaffold carriage breaking.