American Tourist Rescued from Pattaya Sewer After Being Trapped For Over Seven Hours

[webfact]

 

By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

Pattaya — Pattaya locals and rescuers rescued an unlucky American man who fell and got trapped in a sewer last night, May 16th. The man said he fell into the sewer around noon and wandered down there for hours.

At around 8 PM yesterday, rescuers from the Sawang Boriboon Thamasathan Foundation responded to a report of a tourist being stuck in a sewer on Soi Thep Prasit 8 in the Nongprue sub-district, Banglamung district, and rushed to help.

 

At the scene, a crowd of Pattaya residents were trying to lift a sewer lid to aid an individual, who seemed to be a foreigner, trapped inside. With combined efforts, the rescuers and residents removed the cover, and successfully extracted the individual from the approximately 60 cm wide and 1.5 meter deep sewer.

 

Rescuers told The Pattaya News that the victim was indeed a foreigner, but they could not immediately identify his name, although they stated that he was an American national. The victim looked disheveled, disoriented, and extremely weary, rescuers said.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/05/17/american-tourist-rescued-from-pattaya-sewer-after-being-trapped-for-over-seven-hours/

 

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[KhunBENQ]

Wandering half naked in the sewerage?!! (closed lid!)

Hell that must have been serious stuff consumed.

Mud spoils his tattoos.

Edited May 17, 2023 by KhunBENQ

[webfact]

American tourist rescued from 4-hour nightmare in Pattaya sewers
by leah

 

Photo via KhaoSod

An American tourist was rescued from the sewers beneath Pattaya, eastern Thailand, yesterday after getting trapped in the murky, pungent pipe system for more than four hours.

 

A security guard was bewildered when he heard a voice coming from beneath a covered drain at the entrance of Soi 8 Thep Prasit, Moo 11, Nong Prue subdistrict, Bang Lamung district. He followed the sound and called for help right away when he saw the foreign man, wearing a single pair of shorts, submerged in Pattaya’s subterranean wastewater.

The trapped tourist attracted a crowd by the time rescue workers from the Sawang Boriboon Foundation were called to the scene at 7.30pm. Rescue workers removed the iron sewer grate and successfully pulled the tourist out of the three-metre-deep hole. The American was clearly exhausted and asked for water from the rescue team.

 

Tourist Police and officers from Mueang Pattaya Police Station travelled to the scene to find out what happened to the tourist, who introduced himself as 36 year old Jonathan from America.

 

Jonathan informed the police that he arrived in Thailand on Friday, May 12, and was travelling with his girlfriend, also American. The couple had been staying at a condo along the Thappraya Road about two kilometres from wear Jonathan was rescued.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/american-tourist-rescued-from-4-hour-nightmare-in-pattaya-sewers

 

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[richard_smith237]

The Brit bashers are going to be terribly disappointed.... 

 

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The tourist was unharmed, however, he was still disoriented and could not speak properly. Immigration and tourist police took him to a police station to rest and were attempting to identify him as of press time.

At least take him to hospital to get checked out and get some shots... the smallest graze can turn into something horrific when infected in such an environment.

He’d do well to take a course of broad-band antibiotics while he’s at it (as a precaution to what ever nasties he breathed in, touched, grazed himself on etc).

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

2 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Wandering half naked in the sewerage?!! (closed lid!)

Hell that must have been serious stuff consumed.

Mud spoils his tattoos.

Yup....   this story does have ‘weed’ written all over it... 

 

(some bright spark is surely bound to pipe up and tells us there is nothing in the article which states he’d consumed / smoked weed...  we have no proof... post a link..etc etc.. )

[Cake Monster]

Maybe a " Tunnel Rat " left over from the Vietnam War

[Celsius]

So was he rescued from Pattaya or a sewer? 

[KhunBENQ]

7 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

the smallest graze can turn into something horrific when infected in such an environment.

Leptospirosis, sewer workers disease or "rat piss" disease.

Also hit people up here.

Edited May 17, 2023 by KhunBENQ

[Mickeymaus]

Judging by his tattoos in the last picture of the original article, it is clearly a Pattaya quality tourist.

[mania]

18 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Mud spoils his tattoos.

Bad news is that is not mud ????

[SAFETY FIRST]

28 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

At the scene, a crowd of Pattaya residents were trying to lift a sewer lid to aid an individual, who seemed to be a foreigner, trapped inside

You can't make this stuff up ????

 

Another quality foreigner

 

How embarrassing 

Edited May 17, 2023 by SAFETY FIRST

[SAFETY FIRST]

24 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

The Brit bashers are going to be terribly disappointed

The difference being this guy (American) wasn't hurting anyone else. 

 

The story is not a sad one, it's just stupidly funny. 

 

Edited May 17, 2023 by SAFETY FIRST

[KannikaP]

34 minutes ago, webfact said:

American tourist rescued from 4-hour nightmare in Pattaya sewers
by leah

 

Photo via KhaoSod

An American tourist was rescued from the sewers beneath Pattaya, eastern Thailand, yesterday after getting trapped in the murky, pungent pipe system for more than four hours.

 

A security guard was bewildered when he heard a voice coming from beneath a covered drain at the entrance of Soi 8 Thep Prasit, Moo 11, Nong Prue subdistrict, Bang Lamung district. He followed the sound and called for help right away when he saw the foreign man, wearing a single pair of shorts, submerged in Pattaya’s subterranean wastewater.

The trapped tourist attracted a crowd by the time rescue workers from the Sawang Boriboon Foundation were called to the scene at 7.30pm. Rescue workers removed the iron sewer grate and successfully pulled the tourist out of the three-metre-deep hole. The American was clearly exhausted and asked for water from the rescue team.

 

Tourist Police and officers from Mueang Pattaya Police Station travelled to the scene to find out what happened to the tourist, who introduced himself as 36 year old Jonathan from America.

 

Jonathan informed the police that he arrived in Thailand on Friday, May 12, and was travelling with his girlfriend, also American. The couple had been staying at a condo along the Thappraya Road about two kilometres from wear Jonathan was rescued.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/american-tourist-rescued-from-4-hour-nightmare-in-pattaya-sewers

 

-- © Copyright Thaiger 2023-05-17

 

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SEVEN hours according to OP from Pattaya News, but only FOUR in this report.

[connda]

Man, that must have been a sh*tty situation! 

[brianthainess]

Why on earth would you wonder around in the sewers, instead of staying put and calling out?  

[riclag]

Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run
Hey, Aqualung!
 

[orchis]

He was lucky. How many have been trapped in the Pattaya Sewer for years!

[OneMoreFarang]

Did anybody figure out which part is mud and which tattoos? 

 

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

30 minutes ago, connda said:

Man, that must have been a sh*tty situation! 

He looks like it wasn't something special for him. Just one of those days. 

[HappyExpat57]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

The Brit bashers are going to be terribly disappointed.... 

 

At least take him to hospital to get checked out and get some shots... the smallest graze can turn into something horrific when infected in such an environment.

He’d do well to take a course of broad-band antibiotics while he’s at it (as a precaution to what ever nasties he breathed in, touched, grazed himself on etc).

 

 

 

When I first got here in 2006, I got a minor scrape on my ankle from some weed I brushed up against. The ensuing infection was very nasty. They have very different cooties over here, it takes a while for the body to build up natural immunities to them.

[Nong Khai Man]

Jeezus, I Bet He <deleted>in' Stunk when they got him out !!

[NickyLouie]

Bro smelled like sheit when I passed him.

Edited May 17, 2023 by NickyLouie

[Gold Star]

Fortunately, Pattaya sewers have a built in safety feature.

 

They are designed to flow backwards and flood the roads during storms to eject quality tourists living in the pipes.

[Gandtee]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

American tourist rescued from 4-hour nightmare in Pattaya sewers
by leah

 

Photo via KhaoSod

An American tourist was rescued from the sewers beneath Pattaya, eastern Thailand, yesterday after getting trapped in the murky, pungent pipe system for more than four hours.

 

A security guard was bewildered when he heard a voice coming from beneath a covered drain at the entrance of Soi 8 Thep Prasit, Moo 11, Nong Prue subdistrict, Bang Lamung district. He followed the sound and called for help right away when he saw the foreign man, wearing a single pair of shorts, submerged in Pattaya’s subterranean wastewater.

The trapped tourist attracted a crowd by the time rescue workers from the Sawang Boriboon Foundation were called to the scene at 7.30pm. Rescue workers removed the iron sewer grate and successfully pulled the tourist out of the three-metre-deep hole. The American was clearly exhausted and asked for water from the rescue team.

 

Tourist Police and officers from Mueang Pattaya Police Station travelled to the scene to find out what happened to the tourist, who introduced himself as 36 year old Jonathan from America.

 

Jonathan informed the police that he arrived in Thailand on Friday, May 12, and was travelling with his girlfriend, also American. The couple had been staying at a condo along the Thappraya Road about two kilometres from wear Jonathan was rescued.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/american-tourist-rescued-from-4-hour-nightmare-in-pattaya-sewers

 

-- © Copyright Thaiger 2023-05-17

 

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My precious! Gollum lives!????

[IamNoone88]

Jesus wept. Honestly, you couldn't make this stuff up. Pattaya, nuff said.

[Gandtee]

It was only a couple of days ago that the Mayor or somebody was extolling the 'Beautification and increased safety' of Thepprasit Rd. Full of brown stuff!????

[Regyai]

A few hours longer and city hall would have to do a TM30 for him .

 

[Sheryl]

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

Why on earth would you wonder around in the sewers, instead of staying put and calling out?  

He tried that and no one heard him.

 

Walking to where he did, awful as it was, seems to have worked

[John Drake]

Whenever I click on one of these bizarre, nightmare stories on the right column of AN, for some reason I always find it takes me to the Pattaya forum.

Edited May 17, 2023 by John Drake

[mijens]

1 hour ago, NickyLouie said:

Bro smelled like sheit when I passed him.

Are the sewer wide enough for 2 to pass?