CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 28-year-old man is recovering after falling four stories from a rooftop deck Sunday morning on the Near North Side, Chicago fire said.
According to officials, around 1:00 a.m. authorities responded to a call in the 700 block of North Dearborn Street about a man who fell three floors and was pinned between buildings.
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Firefighters said they initially had trouble reaching the man and the rescue took around 40 minutes.
We were able to break through a wall and through some cinder block and some brick and were able to access the patron from the ground floor," Chicago Fire Battalion Chief Stephen Little said.
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The man was transported to Northwestern Hospital in critical condition.
Officials are still investigating what caused the man to fall.