San Francisco Firefighters Rescue Man Trapped in Sewer Pipe
A passerby heard screams from a manhole, leading to a complex rescue operation 20 feet below street level.
- The man crawled into a combined sewer-rainwater pipe near Ocean Beach.
- He fell and injured himself, becoming trapped in the confined space.
- Rescue crews were alerted by a passerby who heard his screams around 3:40 a.m.
- Firefighters used ropes and a rescue basket to extricate him by 5:15 a.m.
- The man was hospitalized with serious injuries following the rescue.
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