ATLANTA — A 2-year-old child who fell two stories down an elevator shaft at a metro Atlanta apartment home was rescued by firefighters.
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The incident happened around 6 p.m. at a home on Kenry Court. Firefighters who responded to the scene found the child upside-down in the elevator shaft and pinned between the wall and the elevator car.
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Firefighters were able to shut the power off to the elevator and broke down the elevator’s wall to get the child out of the shaft.
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The child was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and only suffered minor injuries.
It’s unclear how the child fell into the elevator shaft.
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