Air shaft rescue

Order Reproduction

Air shaft rescue

Date6/1/1988

Names

Brazao, Dale (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Air shaft rescue: Firefighters and ambulance attendants position injured woman on a board to lift her from bottom of concrete air shaft. Two women fell 9 metres (29 feet) into the shaft when a steel grate they were walking on collapsed. They both suffered multiple fractures in the fall.

Subject

Falls (Accidents)

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000311F

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