Trapped retired teacher rescued from drainage pipe

[snoop1130]

Trapped retired teacher rescued from drainage pipe

By Somkid Phrommee 
The Nation

 

 

A 61-year-old retired teacher, who claimed to have been trapped in a roadside drainage pipe since Wednesday, was rescued on Friday.

 

A grilled chicken seller Mekhin Chaikhamhan, 49, was the first to hear the retiree's call for help on Friday morning in tambon Salaya of Nakhon Pathom's Buddha Monthon district. His son-in-law searched the area until he spotted the retiree trapped in the pipe. 

 

They recognised the retiree's voice as one of their regulars and called police to rescue the distressed, mud-covered man.

 

As soon as the unnamed retiree was pulled out of the two-metre-deep, one-metre-wide drainage pipe, he prostrated in gratitude to those involved in his rescue. 

 

The exhausted and confused retiree told police he fell into the pipe on Wednesday as he was returning home from buying grilled chicken. However, some locals claimed they saw him on Thursday afternoon.

 

A 49-year-old security guard drowned last month while fishing inside the pipe system at the same location.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30366315

 

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[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

A 61-year-old retired teacher, who claimed to have been trapped in a roadside drainage pipe since Wednesday, was rescued on Friday{snipped}

The exhausted and confused retiree...

Looks like he had been there too daze.

 

[Puchaiyank]

Some people have been trapped in a drainage pipe all their lives...given up hope of being rescued...????

[hotchilli]

Time to plug the hole I think !

[toenail]

The street cement or steel “grids” to provide drainage along the streets in Thailand are a hazard. My unprotected foot ( wearing beach flip flops) slid partially into one of the cement drainage openings and managed to scrape some skin off my foot. I was fortunate that was the only injury. 

[RJRS1301]

23 minutes ago, toenail said:

The street cement or steel “grids” to provide drainage along the streets in Thailand are a hazard. My unprotected foot ( wearing beach flip flops) slid partially into one of the cement drainage openings and managed to scrape some skin off my foot. I was fortunate that was the only injury. 

But long term infection ?

 

[roo860]

Looks like he had been there too daze.
 

Was on Thai news last night, I had to smile as they hosed him down.

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[Burma Bill]

He was having a pipe dream!!

[Grusa]

Send Elons' mini submarine!