Ogden Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Wood said Margaret Wright had been stuck for more than a day when she was found on Monday evening at her home near 200 West and Patterson Street. A relative became concerned after not hearing from her in 24 hours.
Her neighbour, Eloy Martinez, was with her family and police when they entered the home. He said he could hear Margaret faintly yelling for help. When they got closer to the sound, they saw her feet sticking out of the vent near the floor, alongside the wall.
He said, "She was moving them, that's all we could see. Just the feet moving, so I told them, ‘Heck, she's all right. She's moving them.' And she was saying, ‘Get me out of here.'" Martinez said Wright was cleaning the vent and reached inside with a vacuum hose when she slipped inside.
Police said because she is only 5 feet 7 inches tall and a 110 pounds, she fell down in the vent nearly 3-and-a-half feet.
Police said when she was pulled from the vent, her legs were purple and she was dehydrated. She also had several cuts and abrasions from the metal screws inside the vent.
With news video.
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