TWO PRIVATE SEWER CONTRACTORS WERE RESCUED FROM THE DOWNTOWN OMAHA SEWER SYSTEM AFTER HEAVY RAINS SWEPT THEM DOWN A MANHOLE AROUND 9:30 FRIDAY MORNING.
JASON BRADLEY OF THE OMAHA FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS ONE MAN WAS TETHERED TO A SAFETY LINE AND PULLED TO SAFETY, BUT THE OTHER WAS SWEPT THROUGH THE SEWER SYSTEM FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS.
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BRADLEY SAYS THE OTHER WORKER DISAPPEARED AT 16TH AND HOWARD STREETS AND WAS FOUND AN HOUR LATER WASHED UP AGAINST A GRATE NEAR 4TH AND JONES STREETS.:
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THAT WORKER WAS RESCUED, TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AND WAS REPORTED ALERT.
A RESCUE BOAT HAD BEEN PLACED ON STANDBY IN CASE THE WORKER WOULD HAVE BEEN DUMPED INTO THE MISSOURI RIVER BY THE RUSHING WATER.
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