The First Street incline elevator is installed in this file photo.Chattanooga firefighters rescued a woman from an elevator shaft late Tuesday night, according to a news release.
The woman reportedly fell down the shaft at the corner of Market and 1st Street shortly before 11 p.m. According to Battalion Chief Lesley Morgan, the elevator is at the lower end of the tram that carries pedestrians partway up the 1st Street hill.
As the woman was stepping out of the elevator, she fell approximately 10 feet down to the bottom of the shaft.
According to Morgan, the woman was injured during the fall and could not get out on her own.
A Hamilton County EMS medic stayed with the woman while the Urban Search and Rescue Team set up rescue operations.