Worshipers at St. James’ Cathedral in downtown Chicago were escorted out a side door after the main service on Nov. 23 in order to prevent them from seeing the cause of a loud noise that interrupted the service shortly before its conclusion — a man had plummeted to his death from six-story-tall scaffolding across the street.

Two physicians at the service attempted to assist the man, but they could not get a pulse, according to the Very Rev. Ralph T. Blackman, cathedral dean, who spoke with The Chicago Sun-Times.

“I just grabbed some holy water with me and gave him the last rites,” Dean Blackman told the Sun-Times.

Police said no foul play was suspected and that no one had been scheduled to be working at the residential construction site the day of the incident.