Firefighters rescue man from below a grate uptown

Firefighters rescued an injured man from beneath a grate outside Two Wells Fargo Center in uptown Charlotte Wednesday morning.

The man was taken to a local trauma center shortly before 10:30 a.m., said Capt. Dennis Gist of the Charlotte Fire Department. Fifteen firefighters assisted at the scene.

The rescue took about a half hour, Gist said on the department’s Twitter account.

It was unclear how far the man was below ground or why he was there.

Joe Marusak

This story was originally published September 30, 2015 at 10:38 AM with the headline "Firefighters rescue man from below a grate uptown."