Man rescued from sewer after spending days underground

Thursday, April 25, 2019
ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania -- A man has been rescued from the sewer after spending several days underground.

Cell phone video from Adam Eisenhardt captured the moment the man ascended from the manhole Tuesday morning.
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Construction workers first heard the man yelling for help.

After he was pulled out, he was taken to the hospital for hypothermia and dehydration.

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Firefighters say there's not enough room to crouch down in the storm sewers, saying it's pretty much belly-crawling.
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Police have not filed charges.



The man did not reveal how and why he ended up in the pipes.
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