Special Ops. Team To Leonia

Posted on August 26, 2008

At 1421 hrs. the Bergen Regional Special Operations team was requested in the Borough of Leonia.  A construction worker was injured when he fell approx 25 feet into a pit. DC Byrnes, Lt. Kirsch and FF A. McGoldrick responded to the scene with the 732 and the trailer. The victim was rescued by members of the Leonia FD and Englewood FD just before the team’s arrival.  The victim was hoisted to safety and removed to an area hospital.   Bergenfield units were back in town by 1529 hrs.