Man rescued from sewer after being stuck for 3 to 4 days

10.07.2025    WSVN 7 News Miami    1 views
Man rescued from sewer after being stuck for 3 to 4 days

ST PAUL Minnesota WCCO The St Paul Fire Department says they helped rescue a man who was stuck in a sewer for approximately four days The department announced that they responded to the block of University Avenue in St Paul late Tuesday morning There they exposed a man who was stuck about to feet down from the sewer opening Agents shared the man was conscious and alert An advanced technical rescue company was brought on the scene to help extricate the man They set up a rope rescue lowered a rescuer down to the man and raised both back up to street level I was around and saw a lot of firefighters It was extremely busy A lot of people Jose Mancia who witnessed the rescue explained in Spanish It s inevitably busy People walk here both during the day and night Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities whose facility is near the drain says they were the ones who called when they heard cries for help The rescue took about minutes The man was taken to an area hospital for evaluation but was explained to be in stable condition The outcome was what we hoped for Deputy Chief Jamie Smith explained It is not clear how the man wound up in the sewer Smith added I know that sometimes people like to go down there for what I have no idea noted Taures Holmes who frequents the path I m glad to hear he s OK Mancia also narrated WCCO that the cement obstacles that are right now on top of the drain haven t perpetually been there Mancia doesn t even remember the last time the drains were shut It s been open for a while explained Mancia For as long as I remember three years more or less

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