Boston Firefighters Pull Hurt Worker From Collapsed Building

Boston fire, police and emergency services vehicles surround a construction site outside a former power plant, where workers were injured in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston on May 4, 2022. Stuart Cahill/The Boston Herald via AP

BOSTON—Firefighters in Boston worked for more than three hours to rescue an injured construction worker after part of a historic power plant collapsed Wednesday while being redeveloped.

Fire Commissioner Jack Dempsey told reporters the worker sustained life-threatening injuries when a wall collapsed and landed on his legs and lower body.