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A 14-year-old stuck 40 feet down a well managed to keep himself
above water until rescuers could get to him in South Carolina.
Firefighters responded just before 8 p.m. Saturday, May 7, to
reports that someone had fallen into a well off Pacolet Highway
in Gaffney, according to a Facebook post from the Gaffney City
Fire Department.
They arrived to find the 14-year-old had plunged about 40 feet
down the well, the fire department said.
Crews made �voice contact� with the teen, who was treading water
and clinging to pipes in the well to keep himself from going
under the water, officials said.
A firefighter was then lowered down to where the teen was and
pulled him from the well �without incident� at about 8:24 p.m.,
according to the fire department. Officials did not say how the
14-year-old fell in.
The teen was taken to a hospital with what seemed to be non-life-
threatening injuries, officials said.
�Our firefighters train often for these scenarios, that are not
routine but they do happen. We�re proud of the professionalism
showed by our crews,� the department wrote on Facebook.
Gaffney is about 50 miles northeast of Greenville.
https://news.yahoo.com/teen-found-clinging-pipes-treading-
153338098.html
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