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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Man rescued after four days stuck in storm drain
A 53-year old Tennessee man was rescued on Sunday after he got stuck in a
storm drain four days ago near Centennial Park in Nashville.
Brian Williams, who was attending a swim meet at the Centennial
Sportsplex heard the man calling for help at around 12:30pm.
“He was yelling, ‘Help! Help!’ sort of repeatedly,” Williams said.
“We used our flashlights from our cellphones and we could see him, but
he was back in the pipeline a good ways, probably about 10 feet,”
Williams explained.
The man was elated when he heard Williams and his family come to his
aid.
“He said, ‘Praise God. Thank you. I have been down here forever.’ And he
was just very happy at that point,” Williams added.
Firefighters had to dig into the ground and break into a cement pipe to
free the man. It took over two hours.
The assistant chief with the Nashville Fire Department said the man had
entered the pipe last Thursday. The man got stuck due to a bend in the
narrow drain pipe, which ran next to the Sportsplex’s tennis courts.
He told firefighters that he climbed in the pipe because he has always been “adventurous.”
Firefighters had to dig down to reach the section of pipe he was stuck
in to cut him out. He was in deep enough that they had to use a 4-foot
pry bar to get oxygen to him as they worked to free him. He appeared to
have been about 6 to 7 feet from the opening of the pipe.
A firefighter sat at the opening of the pipe and spoke with the man
throughout the ordeal, explaining the process to free him in an effort
to keep him from panicking.
The man suffered cuts to his body and appeared to be dehydrated. He was
immediately given oxygen once he was free and taken to a nearby hospital
for evaluation and treatment.
It was a situation that could have ended much worse.
“If we had some rain, you know obviously he was in a storm drain, so it
could have ended very badly for him. I think he had a guardian angel
overlooking him and he was able to get out of there alive,” Williams
said.
A 53-year old Tennessee man was rescued on Sunday after he got stuck in a
storm drain four days ago near Centennial Park in Nashville.
Brian Williams, who was attending a swim meet at the Centennial
Sportsplex heard the man calling for help at around 12:30pm.
“He was yelling, ‘Help! Help!’ sort of repeatedly,” Williams said.
“We used our flashlights from our cellphones and we could see him, but
he was back in the pipeline a good ways, probably about 10 feet,”
Williams explained.
The man was elated when he heard Williams and his family come to his
aid.
“He said, ‘Praise God. Thank you. I have been down here forever.’ And he
was just very happy at that point,” Williams added.
Firefighters had to dig into the ground and break into a cement pipe to
free the man. It took over two hours.
The assistant chief with the Nashville Fire Department said the man had
entered the pipe last Thursday. The man got stuck due to a bend in the
narrow drain pipe, which ran next to the Sportsplex’s tennis courts.
He told firefighters that he climbed in the pipe because he has always been “adventurous.”
Firefighters had to dig down to reach the section of pipe he was stuck
in to cut him out. He was in deep enough that they had to use a 4-foot
pry bar to get oxygen to him as they worked to free him. He appeared to
have been about 6 to 7 feet from the opening of the pipe.
A firefighter sat at the opening of the pipe and spoke with the man
throughout the ordeal, explaining the process to free him in an effort
to keep him from panicking.
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