16-07-2023 23:40 via kxan.com

Worker rescued after 'heat-related illness' at downtown Austin construction site

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A construction worker rescued from a downtown construction site Sunday is now recovering in a hospital from a "heat-related illness."
The Austin Fire Department tweeted late Sunday afternoon its crews responded to a worker in need of medical attention "from a crane scaffold about 6 stories high" off a downtown construction site. Austin-Travis County EMS posted the call came in around 3:43 p.m. Sunday at 80 Red River Street, which is close to the Rainey Street area.The Austi
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