It was close one as a building partially collapsed around two construction workers downtown during evening rush-hour Monday.

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - It was close one as a building partially collapsed around two construction workers downtown during evening rush-hour Monday.

The abandoned building, an old locksmith shop, is on Illinois Street near W. 9th Street. The roof collapsed on the structure and part of two brick side walls crumbled to the ground.

The former lock and key store has been closed for years. An image recorded by Google Street View last October shows the building listed for sale.

Construction workers were trying to shore up the building when part of it collapsed, trapping one of the workers inside.

One worker, Rogelio Duran, was working up on the second floor in the vacant building trying to reinforce the structure when something gave way causing the roof and wall to come down.

A pastor at a church around the corner said "I heard a loud noise. And I came out of my car and looked and there was rubble and dust. And I ran back to my car to make a 911 call."

Medical student describes rescue of construction worker trapped in collapsed building tonight ninth in Illinois @WTHRcom pic.twitter.com/xynB4A8vMJ — David MacAnally (@DavidMacAnally) September 10, 2018



Another nearby neighbor saw what happen.

"I was getting in my car heading to the gym and I started hearing a rumbling sound and looked up and started seeing the roof start to go in and the power lines began to shake."

She says her first thought was "I hope nobody is in there. And if there is - which they ended up being - that they were safe."



Another worker was outside the building and safe. Duran was trapped up on the second floor with collapsed debris around him.

The Pastor said "I heard him screaming help, help, help, after that I called 911 and and I started praying."



Duran says, as he stood on that second floor after the collapse, it was a “scared moment. The moment was scared. It was seconds to jump or stay there. We don’t know what to do.“ he stayed put and waited for the fire truck ladder to arrive.

No one on the ground was hurt by bricks that fell to the street and sidewalk below and the two men were not hurt either.

Indianapolis firefighters used an aerial ladder to reach Duran. One firefighter was slightly injured when her foot got pinched between a wrung of the ladder and debris as she reached to pull Duran onto the rescue ladder.



Reunited on the ground after the rescue Duran put his hand on his coworkers back and thanked a higher power. He said, "Thank God, he was there to protect us."



Duran added he was "happy for the people who helped me. Thank you I appreciate it. We appreciate it. Because we were in shock. We didn’t know what to do in the moment. Thank God no people around were hurt."

5:30 PM - Crews rescue uninjured man from building under rehab at 9th and Illinois after structural stability gives way and building collapses with him inside. Co-worker out ok. 1 firefighter slightly injured and transported. pic.twitter.com/xkXlWhU0G5 — IFD NEWS (@IFD_NEWS) September 10, 2018

