VIDEO: A scary situation for one neighborhood in Grand Island after first responders raced to rescue a man trapped in the ground. The Grand Island Fire Department was called out just before 1 p.m. to a home on Frostfire Avenue. It was regarding a confined space call where there had been a partial collapse with a person trapped. GIFD Battalion Chief Scott Kuehl said when he arrived on scene, he saw the man in the ground was alive and responsive. The man was trapped from the waist down. He had been working in the area when the dirt collapsed.
Kuehl said right now, the ground is very wet on top and gets heavy. The ground underneath is soft and it got pushed out the bottom and pinned the man up against the foundation wall. Kuehl said they brought in their technical rescue equipment to help rescue the man using confined space techniques. He said they work on moving the dirt away from the edge and away from the person to make a safer scene.
Kuehl said they had to move a lot of dirt and move it by hand with small shovels. He said neighbors offered up tools as well as GIPD officers jumping in as well to help. โIt was very labor intensive but we had to make it that way to make it safe,โ he said. Once the man was out of the ground, he was taken to the hospital for medical attention.
