Patient rescued from shaft inside DC hospital: officials

A man suffered serious injuries after officials say he jumped down a hospital shaft in Washington, D.C., early Sunday morning. Emergency crews responded to a confined space rescue at MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Irving Street just after 4 a.m. Fire officials say a patient jumped 20 feet down an interior utility shaft, landing feet first. The rescue operation took 70 minutes, and firefighters had to breach a wall to reach the patient, who suffered serious injuries. Officials have yet to release further details about the incident.