Maintenance Worker Rescued from Shaft

NEW AT NOON....A MAN IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING RESCUED FROM A TEN FOOT SHAFT. 3 THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE NINE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING IN GRAND RAPIDS.24 HOUR NEWS 8'S HENRY ERB JOINS US NOW FROM THE LIVE DESK. HENRY, HOW DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN? A SPOKESPERSON WITH HOLLAND HOME'S SENIOR RESIDENTIAL FACILITY SAYS THE WORKER HAD REMOVED A LARGE GRATE COVERING THE SHAFT. THEN HE TOOK ONE STEP BACK....APPARENTLY NOT REALIZING HOW CLOSE HIS FOOT WAS TO THE OPENING AND FELL TEN FEET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FOUR BY FOUR SHAFT. SPECIALLY-TRAINED CREWS FROM GRAND RAPIDS AND WALKER FIRE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE.BOTH TEAMS HAVE TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED IN TIGHT SPOTS. THE VICTIM SUFFERED BROKEN BONES, BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE O-