After several other ideas failed, emergency crews decided to lower a swing seat to the boy. He was told to straddle the seat while crews pulled him to safety.
Tori FaterThe storm drain where a child was successfully rescued after falling approximately 30 feet Thursday, July 4, 2019.EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A young boy who fell into a pipe in Indiana was rescued using the seat from a swing set, firefighters say.
The 5-year-old was upset but unhurt except for scrapes and bruises, according to Evansville Fire Department Chief Administrative Officer Mike Larson.“A 30-foot free-fall is really different than a 30-foot fall down a pipe," Larson said."As he was going down the pipe, it was slowing him down. It wouldn’t have been as accelerated of a fall as if he had fallen off a building or something like that.
It was not clear how the 5-year-old got into the well in the first place or whether the well was covered.
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