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8 year old boy sucked down a 12" culvert for six blocks and survives
Posted by: Speedy
Date: June 20, 2012 11:16PM
One TV station showed the entrance. Very small opening. About 6 inches of rain so I'm sure he was moving fast.

[www.kare11.com]

DULUTH, Minn. - An 8-year-old boy is OK after being swept about six blocks through a culvert in flooded Duluth.

St. Louis County Undersheriff Dave Phillips says the boy suffered some cuts, scrapes and bruises but is fine.

Phillips says the boy somehow was swept into the culvert near Proctor Wednesday afternoon and traveled about six blocks before he "popped up" down current.

The undersheriff calls it a "miracle out of this whole disaster." He did not know the boy's name.


Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.
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Re: 8 year old boy sucked down a 12" culvert for six blocks and survives
Posted by: TheCaber
Date: June 21, 2012 12:01AM
Was Pennywise anywhere nearby?


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Re: 8 year old boy sucked down a 12" culvert for six blocks and survives
Posted by: Ammo
Date: June 21, 2012 07:50AM
Correction?

"LaLonde said he believes that the storm sewer pipe is 24 inches in diameter. Officials estimated that the boy hit 20 miles per hour as he shot through the pipe, according to a local news report."

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Re: 8 year old boy sucked down a 12" culvert for six blocks and survives
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: June 21, 2012 08:53AM
Gawd.. that is a lucky kid.

We had a memorable culvert behind my house... that connected a stream to a lake. When we had summer thunderstorms we'd get flash floods down the stream, and the debris would partially block the culvert. Then the water would back up, and there would be this amazing whirlpool at the end of the resultant mini-lake.

It was a cool place to go and sail little 'boats' made of twigs and leaves. One day I reached too far out to try to rescue a boat (with bug sailors), and fell in. Damn culvert had me by the legs for a good half hour until the water level went down enough. I think I was 8 ?

I dragged myself out, went up the hill to the house, took a shower, cleaned up and bandaged my scrapes, and never, ever, ever told Mom. I also never tried that trick again.
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Re: 8 year old boy sucked down a 12" culvert for six blocks and survives
Posted by: gabester
Date: June 21, 2012 10:07AM
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cbelt3
I reached too far out to try to rescue a boat (with bug sailors), and fell in. Damn culvert had me by the legs for a good half hour until the water level went down enough. I think I was 8 ? I dragged myself out, went up the hill to the house, took a shower, cleaned up and bandaged my scrapes, and never, ever, ever told Mom. I also never tried that trick again.

And how did this NOT qualify as one of your 3 crazy things? Nevermind... I see you're one crazy guy with lots of good stories... Which inspires me - should we have a sticky thread called "storytelling"? Maybe Storytelling Sunday, and have it be the first or last Sunday of every month to go with the Free Forum Mondays?
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Re: 8 year old boy sucked down a 12" culvert for six blocks and survives
Posted by: testcase
Date: June 21, 2012 11:27AM
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cbelt3
I reached too far out to try to rescue a boat (with bug sailors), and fell in. Damn culvert had me by the legs for a good half hour until the water level went down enough. I think I was 8 ? I dragged myself out, went up the hill to the house, took a shower, cleaned up and bandaged my scrapes, and never, ever, ever told Mom. I also never tried that trick again.

And how did this NOT qualify as one of your 3 crazy things? Nevermind... I see you're one crazy guy with lots of good stories... Which inspires me - should we have a sticky thread called "storytelling"? Maybe Storytelling Sunday, and have it be the first or last Sunday of every month to go with the Free Forum Mondays?
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agree smiley
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