ASTON, Pa. — The men who pulled a young boy from a precarious quarry ledge Sunday had practiced the routine many times. In fact, they had trained in the quarry off Knowlton Road where the 13-year-old had fallen. The boy, who fell some 75 feet onto a rock surface, is recovering with a few broken ribs and a punctured lung.
“It’s amazing he’s alive,” said Dave Durbano, one of several Green Ridge Fire Company volunteers who rushed to the boy’s aid.
Durbano, Mike Evans, Ken Dawson Jr. and Mike Porter worked together to lower the boy to safety. Porter, who is certified to teach rope-rescue techniques, was fitted with a harness and lowered to the ledge as the rest of the men secured a main anchor and belay line.
“It’s all teamwork, that’s all it is,” Durbano said.