Rochester boy, 3, rescued from snowbank

[MNeagle]

ROCHESTER, Minn. - A 3-year-old boy is OK after Rochester police and fire departments rescued him from an icy snowbank.

Sami Abdallah was out for a walk with his daycare group when he got stuck Monday morning.

Fire Captain Dave Fitzgerald tells the Post-Bulletin the boy had climbed a snowbank when he somehow fell on the icy snow, his leg crumpled beneath him and he couldn't get out.

The police department arrived first and began chiseling away at the ice. A fire department rescue team was called in to bring bigger equipment, including an air chisel.

The boy was freed after about 10 minutes.

http://www.startribune.com/local/116618473.html

[uncletonoose]

No one could lift him out????? :dunno

[mick silver]

were was mom and dad ???

[MNeagle]

He was with a daycare group Mick.

[mick silver]

then , were was the people they pay to watch there kid . i think i would of got the kid out before they needed a crew of 40 to do it ...

[ximmy]

then , why were the people they pay to watch there kid . i think i would of got the kid out before they needed a crew of 40 to do it ...


37 mick.... 12 firefighters, 25 cops... 600 donuts...

[Ponce]

And I don't understand why this should be BIGGGGGGGGGG news.......it happens all the time, think about it.

[MNeagle]

First I've ever heard of a story like it Ponce!

Here's another odd one:

Skier killed in northern Wisconsin in apparent hit-and-run; driver turns self in hours later (http://www.startribune.com/local/116595913.html)

[Ponce]

There was snow so that the vehicle left tracks that could have been easy to make a mold out of them and then track the vehicle and the driver.......it would had been worse for the 16 year old later on.