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Video: Texas man rescued from 30-foot manhole

Houston responders rescued a man who fell into the open manhole as he was walking

By Samantha Ketterer
Houston Chronicle

HOUSTON — Houston firefighters rescued a man who fell 30 feet down a manhole in the Near Northside on Tuesday morning.

The man fell into the open manhole as he was walking behind the Loves Travel Stop on Patton near Interstate 45, around 1:30 a.m.

District Chief Ed Llewellyn said the man fell about 30 feet, and witnesses called the police.