A capture from a video of the rescue (Image: James E. Lynch, III)

Seattle Fire rescued an injured school maintenance worker from the roof of 23rd Ave’s Garfield High School Thursday afternoon.

According to Seattle Fire and radio updates, the call began around 3 PM after the worker was reported to have hit her head in a fall and was unable to navigate her way off the top of the three-floor school.

Multiple Seattle Fire units responded including aerial rigs part of the department’s “rope rescue” response. Around 3:20 PM, SFD reported the patient was being lifted down off the roof using a stokes basket on the east side of the school near the football field.

Seattle Fire said the woman was is in stable condition and was transported to a hospital for further care.

The scene was being cleared including multiple Seattle Fire vehicles as school let out for the day.

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