A construction worker remains in critical condition Saturday after he was hit by a falling brick at construction site Tuesday morning in Hartford, according to the fire department.
Mike Malone was piling pavers when the brick fell from the roof of the building on Capitol Avenue in Hartford earlier in the week.
His father said if Malone hadn't been wearing a hard hat, he likely would have been killed.
"Tuesday it was a touch and go situation," his father, Mike Malone Sr. said. "Today, he's still in extremely critical condition, but he's made a lot of progress. A lot of prayer's going on across this country and they're working."
Fire officials said a brick fell from the roof of a four-story building at 390 Capitol Avenue and struck the worker on the head. He was unconscious when emergency responders arrived at the scene around 11:30 a.m.
He was taken by ambulance to Hartford Hospital and is listed in "extremely critical" condition, according to fire department.
Hartford police, members of the city of Hartford Licenses and Inspections Department and officials from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration responded to the scene.
The 100-year-old building at 390 Capitol Avenue is under renovation.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Malone's wife and children while he recovers.
