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Worker Rescued At The Port Of Wilmington In Delaware

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Wilmington firefighters rescued an injured worker on a ship at the Port of Wilmington.

More than a dozen first responders came to the worker's aid in "Berth Six" around 12 p.m. Saturday.

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Rescuers lowered a stokes basket stretcher 35 feet below the deck so they could hoist the worker out of the vessel.

He was treated at Wilmington Hospital.

There is no word on what led to the injury.

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