~ Jon James
I guess I should preface this story by saying it is NOT a tale about Graham Platner, but it’s just as unsettling.
A strange rescue in Kansas City is getting plenty of attention after a man spent hours trapped inside the holding tank of a portable toilet.
The incident happened July 14 as crews from Patriot Portable Restrooms were picking up units after a FIFA World Cup-related event. Workers checked each portable toilet before loading it and found one that was locked. The man inside was told the crew would return in about 10 minutes.
When they came back, he still wouldn’t come out. A passing police officer stopped to help, but the man said he couldn’t reach the door because he was stuck.
At first, no one could figure out where he was. Then, to everyone’s surprise, his head appeared through the toilet opening. He had climbed into the waste tank below.
Firefighters tried talking him out, but after learning he had been stuck there for about eight hours while trying to recover a Mountain Dew bottle he had dropped the night before, they ended up cutting the portable toilet apart to free him.
Once he was safely out, firefighters gave him a quick rinse with water from a fire truck before wrapping up one of the most unusual rescues they’re likely to see.
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