US EditionFirst Responders in Connecticut Rescue Man Stuck in Playground Slide: 'Wedged Feet and Head First'
Firefighters used extrication tools and ventilation to rescue a man trapped feet and head first inside a playground tube slide, freeing him within 30 minutes, officials said.
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First responders in Connecticut rescue man stuck in playground slide: 'Wedged feet and head first'
VERNON, Conn. (WTNH) – A 43-year-old man was rescued after getting stuck in a slide at school playground in Connecticut on Saturday, according to first responders. Fire and EMS crews responded to the playground at Northeast Elementary School in Vernon at about 4:30 p.m., where they found a man "wedged feet and head first" in the slide and "stuck in the middle portion," the Town of Vernon Fire Department wrote on Facebook. "We have never received…
40‑year‑old man rescued after getting stuck in Connecticut playground slide
A Connecticut man is likely breathing a sigh of relief thanks to a team of firefighters and other emergency personnel who rescued him after he became stuck inside a tube slide at a children’s playground on a hot August day
Firefighters in Vernon, Connecticut, were involved in an unusual rescue operation on August 16. A local man became trapped in a playground tube slide on a hot August day. Rescuers were able to free him only with special equipment after dismantling the slide. The complicated operation took 30 minutes.
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