Firefighters rescue man who repelled 85 feet down Minneapolis storm drain

MINNEAPOLIS – The Minneapolis Fire Department rescued a man who repelled 85 feet down a storm drain shaft and got stuck early Friday.

Fire crews cut through the fencing, set up a high-point anchor rope rescue system, and scaled down over the edge to rescue the man, the fire department said.

Fire rescue crews secured him into a rescue harness and hauled him up and out of the storm drain.

A fire rescuer searches for the man who repelled 85 feet down the Minneapolis storm drain.

Crews then reached the victim, and confirmed he wasn’t injured. They put the man in a rescue harness and hauled him up, out of the storm drain.

The fire department did not say why the man repelled down the shaft.

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