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Firefighters used a basket to rescue a worker at the Port of Houston after pipes had fallen on him during his shift.

Houston firefighters arrived around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday to the port in response to a report of a dock worker trapped on a ship.

After they removed him from the ship, the injured worker was taken to a hospital.