3 year old girl sucked into drain

[shinyshoes]

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/7604252.stm

Jesus It dosen't bear thinking about does it, I've just watched the story on the 1,00pm news.

Awful, thankfully the girl is stable in hospital.

Dog is still missing though

Not the sort of place I would expect to find a drain of that sort, I must say. Very lucky little girl and well done that dad!

You wouldn't expect there to be a storm drain in the middle of a playing field though, would you? I don't think playing there was irresponsible at all.

Am very impressed with the dad - but sad about the dog - but did smirk at Imnotok's typo anyway

I believe the man is local as he knew where the storm drain exited. That field looks like the same one where a few years ago 2 women died when an art display come maze thing got caught by a gust of wind and went airborne with several people inside it.

i think it was only 70 meters from the river fio.

foxytocin - if I'd had the wherewithal to stop and think about it in a situation like that I would probably have assume a storm drain would exit into the river...

I wouldn't think 'aha! this is clearly a storm drain and will therefore enter the river"

It looks a LONG WAY in the video doesn't it?

Apparently the manhole cover popped off because of the flood - very common occurence really

Tell us about MrFio

Looks a long way doesn't it? He really was having to think fast. Just listened to the video. Not sure I'd have been able to think straght at all - I'd ahve just been panicking and in a mess.

Oh god, this happened 5 mins from my house!

How awful

It's also amazing that she was just there in the water when he got to the river & hadn't already been swept downstream.

Oh no it isnt.
Thought it was Leeming.

Such quick thinking from the dad.

I didn't know you were 'local', nbg.

For me another amazing thing is that she did not get stuck in the storm drain along with a bunch of rubbish which normally have these things blocked up. It doesn't bear thinking about. Dh found it touching because he could put himself in the dad's shoes.

I had tears in my eyes watching the tv news last night.

first this story, and then the lovely Eleanor Simmonds winning a paralympic gold!

yes, felt a lovely warm glow

Terrifying. Thank goodness she's safe.

Intrigued Foxytocin.
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Teeny village between seaham and hartlepool.