Man rescued from lower decks of Battleship New Jersey after fall

CAMDEN, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Emergency crews responded to the Battleship New Jersey on Tuesday morning after reports of a person in need of rescue.

According to the Camden Fire Department, officials received a call at about 10 a.m. referencing a person in need of rescue in a confined space on one of the lower decks of the ship.

Officials said the 70-year-old man who fell was a volunteer who fell a few feet and hit his head.

Rescuers were called in to help pull the man out of the tight space.

The man was conscious and alert when he was taken to the hospital for treatment.