Man falls through floor and down 20-foot well while repairing home, SC firefighters say

The floor suddenly collapsed Thursday underneath a man performing repairs on a Gaffney, South Carolina, home, sending him tumbling down a 20-foot well below the house, according to the town’s fire department.

Rescue workers rushed to the scene around 1 p.m.

The man suffered some injuries from the fall but was responsive.

Workers were able to pull him out of the well by early afternoon, and he was loaded onto a helicopter headed to Spartanburg Regional hospital, a Gaffney Fire Department spokeswoman told McClatchy News.

A similar thing happened over the summer in Connecticut, McClatchy previously reported. The victim was visiting a neighbor and suddenly fell straight through the home’s hardwood floor and into a 20-30 foot well, then fought to keep their head above water for nearly half an hour while rescuers worked to pull them up.