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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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.
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'He told firefighters that he climbed in the pipe because he has always been “adventurous.”'
Let's hope he gets an adventurous bill for services from the city.
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