A man has been freed from between two walls barely eight inches apart on Sherbourne St. near Queen St. E. Tuesday night. Firefighters used pneumatic drills to go through a wall from the inside of one of the buildings after getting permission from the landlord. They created a hole large enough to permit the man to get out of his narrow predicament. The man claims he fell about nine metres from the roof of 123 Sherbourne St. around 3:15 p.m., a story which stretches belief. At its narrowest, the space is 20 centimetres wide or less than eight inches. “How the man went down there, nobody knows,” says building owner Donald Lee. Authorities suggested the man was trying to retrieve something from between the walls and was then unable to get out. He complained of a lack of circulation in his arms and legs and was further constrained by a steel reinforcing bar which somehow became wrapped around his legs. The ordeal lasted five hours with the fire service spending nearly three hours on the scene. Mr.Lee is asking who will pay to repair the damage done to get the man out. He may already know.