Source: SFGate
“Firefighters worked to rescue a worker trapped for hours beneath the rubble of a medieval tower that partially collapsed during an ongoing 6.9 million euro (nearly $8 million) renovation in the heart of Italy’s capital on Monday, critically injuring another worker. Rescuers faced a complex task as the structure continued to give way as they tried to get near the trapped worker, who officials said was alive, through a first-floor window, forcing their retreat on telescopic aerial ladders in a cloud of smoke. Another approach on two ladders was also aborted, and a drone sent up in their stead. As dusk approached, firefighters lifted on a crane used giant tubes to suck rubble out of the second-floor window. They continued the work into the night. Rome’s top law enforcement official, Prefect Lamberto Giannini, said there were ‘signs of life’ from the trapped worker, and that firefighters had managed to give him some protective cover during an earlier rescue attempt.” (11/03/25)