A worker in Omaha, Nebraska, was saved last week after being trapped in a collapsed trench for nearly seven hours.According to a report in the Omaha World-Herald, 23-year-old Drew Johnson, an employee of Utility Trenching, was working on a sewer project in a trench about 12 feet deep when one side of it collapsed at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 14. He was trapped up to his knees.Wooden planks were used to stabilize the walls of the trench and rescue personnel gradually loosened and sucked dirt from the hole until Johnson was free. He was lifted from the trench at about
Sewer Worker Saved From Collapsed Trench
Rescue crews in Nebraska needed almost seven hours to free the worker from the narrow, unstable trench
Mar 22, 2017 | by Kyle Rogers |
