10-Year-Old Boy Rescued After Getting Stuck in Chimney from the Waist Down While Dad Was at Work

The Whitman Fire Department shared that "firefighters quickly removed the child without incident" and that the child was not injured

A 10-year-old boy who climbed up the roof of his home ran into a bit of trouble when he became stuck inside a chimney.

According to the Whitman Fire Department, they received a call for help around 4:05 p.m. local time that the boy had "climbed out a second floor window and into the chimney of his home."

The boy's father told WCVB-TV that he was at work when he received a call from his other son, who told him what happened. After calling 911, he rushed home to see firefighters from Whitman Fire Department using a ladder to get closer to the boy and pull him down.

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Fortunately, although it was a scary call to get, the little boy made it through the ordeal unharmed.

"Upon arrival, firefighters used a ladder to access the roof where the child was stuck in the top of the chimney from the [waist] down," the department wrote. "Firefighters quickly removed the child without incident."

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Karen Boyd, a next-door neighbor who witnessed the incident, told WCVB-TV that seeing the boy "hanging out of the chimney" left her "shocked."

"It's not like I could catch him if he fell. I mean, he was very high up on that roof," she said.

The National Emergency Number Association's website states that an estimated 40 million calls are made to 911 in the U.S. each year.

The organization urges parents to teach their children how to dial 9-1-1 from a home or cell phone and to "trust the 9-1-1 call taker."

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"Make sure your child is physically able to reach at least one phone in your home. When calling 9-1-1, your child needs to know their name, parent’s name, telephone number, and most importantly, their address," the organization adds.

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