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THE MONEY IS COMING FROM TO
BALANCE THE BOOKS.
BUT FIRST FOLLOWING THIS
PROGRESS OF A WORKER TRAPPED
CARMEL.
THE RESCUE OPERATION AND HOW
THE MAN IS DOING TO NIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, IT TOOK
RESCUESER NEARLY THREE HORS
THE TRENCH.
CREWS SAY, IT WAS NEVER A
RACE AGAINST TIME.
THEY WANTED TO GET THE MAN
OUT SAFELY THAT.
MEANT REMOVING THE DIRT
SLOWLY.
SOMETIMES BY HAND.
Reporter: FROM CHOPPER 8,
YOU CAN SEE THE DOZENS OF
RESCUE CREWS OUT IN FRONT OF
THE HOME IN CARMEL.
JUST BEFORE 1:00 MONDAY,
CARMEL 911 RECEIVED A
FRANTIC CALL TO COME HERE.
INITIALLY, WE GOT A CALL
Reporter: WITNESS ON THE
SCENE, CREWS QUICKLY
REALIZED THE SITUATION WAS
MORE THAN A MAN IN A HOLE.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MAN
WAS TRAPPED IN A TRENCH THAT
WAS 12-FEET DEEP AND 4-FEET
WIDE.
THE MAN WAS REPLACING A
SEWER LINE WHEN THE GROUND
GAVE WAY.
FORTUNATE FOR THIS FELLOW
HE WAS UP TO HIS WST AND NOT
ANY HIGHER.
Reporter: FOR NEARLY
THREE HORSE THEY WORKED TO
FREE THE MAN.
EVEN SPECIALIZED SUCTION
EQUIPMENT TRACKS WERELE AD
IN TO HELP TAKE DERT AWAY.
PIE LOOSENING THE DIRT.
WE CAN ACTUALLY REMOVE THE
DIRT FROM THE PATIENT,
RATHER THAN REACHING IN THE
HOLE TO TRY TO PULL THE
PATIENT OUT.
MEDICS ON THE SCENE SAY
THE WORKER WAS ALERT AND
CONSCIOUS THROUGH THE IN
TIRE ORDEAL.
HE EVEN TALKED TO RESCUERS
DURING THE PROCESS.
AS SOON AS IT WAS DEEMED
SAFE.
MEDICAL PERSONNEL GOT DOWN
IN THE HOLE WITH HIM.
FINALLY, APPLAUSE ERUPTS
FROM DOZENS OF PEOPLE WHO
WATCHED IT UNFOLD.
THE MAN HAD BEEN PULLED OUT.
FROM HOPPER 8, CAN SEE
GURNEY.
FIRE MARSHAL KNOT SAYS THIS
COULD HAVE ALL ENDED
TRAGICALLY BUT IT TURNED OUT
TO BE A MIRACULOUS RECOVERY.
WHAT IT SEES NOT ONLY THE
SITUATION THAT THE VICTIM
WAS IN FAVORABLE, FOR ALL
ACCOUNTS, TRAGEDY LIKE THIS,
BUT WITH ALL THE RESCUE
WORKERS, ALL THE ON SCENE WE
WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF,
HAND.
THEY MADE IT HAPPEN.
THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO A
AWAITING AM BUT LANCE THEN
TO AWAITING MEDICAL
HELICOPTER AND TRANSPORTED
TO THE HOSPITAL IN CARMEL.
FIREFIGHTERS EXPECT HIM TO
BE OKAY.
WERE YOU ON THE SCENE.
WHAT KIND OF SENSE DID YOU
GREAT THE ROUD?
IT LOOKED LOOK A LOT OF
PEOPLE AROUND.
Reporter: IN THE ONLY A
LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE
EMERGENCY SIDE BUT IT TOOK
PLACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
NO ONE WANTED TO TALK ON
CAMERA THEM WERE AND
THOUSANDS PULL THE MAN OUT.
A BIG SIGH OF RELIEF.