アメリカ・アリゾナ州ツーソンに住む26歳の男性が、内鍵がかかってしまって家に入れなくなった。彼は、「これだけはやってはいけない」という価値のある教訓を得たに違いない。
この男性は10月16日、煙突から家に入ろうとして4時間も煙突にはまっていた。
近所の人が男性の助けを求める叫び声を聞きつけ、消防署に電話した。消防署によると、救助が駆けつけるまでに、彼は何とか床に届く所まで来ていたが、出口が小さすぎて完全に抜けられなかったのだという。
消防士は、彼を煙突から引きあげた。救助の瞬間の写真には、引き上げられ自由になった全身すすだらけの男性が写っている。
最後の写真は、彼が救急隊員と抱き合っているように見える。
地元紙「AZセントラル」によると、フェニックスとツーソンでは、煙突から救助された人が他にもいるという。
2015年2月には、ツーソンに住む10代の子が、家の鍵を忘れ、煙突から降りようとして救助された。
2015年7月には、フェニックスの23歳の男性が救助されたが、「悪ふざけ」で煙突を降りるよう仕向けられたという。
2015年12月には、フェニックスに住む13歳の男の子が救助された。彼は遊んでいる時に煙突に「滑って落ちた」のだという。
煙突の上り下りは、サンタクロースに任せたほうが良さそうだ。
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煙突からの救出劇
(01 of07)
Fire crews had to use liquid dish soap to rescue a woman who went down the chimney of a home of a man she briefly dated. Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa, 30, was found trapped in a chimney in Thousand Oaks, California, for several hours on Sunday (19 Oct) after neighbours heard the woman screaming at around 6:00am. She reportedly had been trapped since 3:00am. Ventury County Fire Department firefighters had to slowly chip away the bricks in order to facilitate her rescue. Nunez-Figueroa was finally pulled out of the chimney at around 8:13am. It is allegedly not the first time she tried to enter the house. The homeowner, identified only as Lawrence, said the pair had been on six dates after meeting on the internet before he broke things off. \"She seemed totally cool until the first flag was her actually being on my roof two weeks ago,\" he told KTLA. (credit:Mike Lindbery/VCFD/Rex)
(02 of07)
Fire crews had to use liquid dish soap to rescue a woman who went down the chimney of a home of a man she briefly dated. Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa, 30, was found trapped in a chimney in Thousand Oaks, California, for several hours on Sunday (19 Oct) after neighbours heard the woman screaming at around 6:00am. She reportedly had been trapped since 3:00am. Ventury County Fire Department firefighters had to slowly chip away the bricks in order to facilitate her rescue. Nunez-Figueroa was finally pulled out of the chimney at around 8:13am. It is allegedly not the first time she tried to enter the house. The homeowner, identified only as Lawrence, said the pair had been on six dates after meeting on the internet before he broke things off. \"She seemed totally cool until the first flag was her actually being on my roof two weeks ago,\" he told KTLA. (credit:Mike Lindbery/VCFD/Rex)
(03 of07)
Fire crews had to use liquid dish soap to rescue a woman who went down the chimney of a home of a man she briefly dated. Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa, 30, was found trapped in a chimney in Thousand Oaks, California, for several hours on Sunday (19 Oct) after neighbours heard the woman screaming at around 6:00am. She reportedly had been trapped since 3:00am. Ventury County Fire Department firefighters had to slowly chip away the bricks in order to facilitate her rescue. Nunez-Figueroa was finally pulled out of the chimney at around 8:13am. It is allegedly not the first time she tried to enter the house. The homeowner, identified only as Lawrence, said the pair had been on six dates after meeting on the internet before he broke things off. \"She seemed totally cool until the first flag was her actually being on my roof two weeks ago,\" he told KTLA. (credit:Mike Lindbery/VCFD/Rex)
(04 of07)
Fire crews had to use liquid dish soap to rescue a woman who went down the chimney of a home of a man she briefly dated. Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa, 30, was found trapped in a chimney in Thousand Oaks, California, for several hours on Sunday (19 Oct) after neighbours heard the woman screaming at around 6:00am. She reportedly had been trapped since 3:00am. Ventury County Fire Department firefighters had to slowly chip away the bricks in order to facilitate her rescue. Nunez-Figueroa was finally pulled out of the chimney at around 8:13am. It is allegedly not the first time she tried to enter the house. The homeowner, identified only as Lawrence, said the pair had been on six dates after meeting on the internet before he broke things off. \"She seemed totally cool until the first flag was her actually being on my roof two weeks ago,\" he told KTLA. (credit:Mike Lindbery/VCFD/Rex)
(05 of07)
Fire crews had to use liquid dish soap to rescue a woman who went down the chimney of a home of a man she briefly dated. Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa, 30, was found trapped in a chimney in Thousand Oaks, California, for several hours on Sunday (19 Oct) after neighbours heard the woman screaming at around 6:00am. She reportedly had been trapped since 3:00am. Ventury County Fire Department firefighters had to slowly chip away the bricks in order to facilitate her rescue. Nunez-Figueroa was finally pulled out of the chimney at around 8:13am. It is allegedly not the first time she tried to enter the house. The homeowner, identified only as Lawrence, said the pair had been on six dates after meeting on the internet before he broke things off. \"She seemed totally cool until the first flag was her actually being on my roof two weeks ago,\" he told KTLA. (credit:Mike Lindbery/VCFD/Rex)
(06 of07)
Fire crews had to use liquid dish soap to rescue a woman who went down the chimney of a home of a man she briefly dated. Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa, 30, was found trapped in a chimney in Thousand Oaks, California, for several hours on Sunday (19 Oct) after neighbours heard the woman screaming at around 6:00am. She reportedly had been trapped since 3:00am. Ventury County Fire Department firefighters had to slowly chip away the bricks in order to facilitate her rescue. Nunez-Figueroa was finally pulled out of the chimney at around 8:13am. It is allegedly not the first time she tried to enter the house. The homeowner, identified only as Lawrence, said the pair had been on six dates after meeting on the internet before he broke things off. \"She seemed totally cool until the first flag was her actually being on my roof two weeks ago,\" he told KTLA. (credit:Mike Lindbery/VCFD/Rex)
(07 of07)
Fire crews had to use liquid dish soap to rescue a woman who went down the chimney of a home of a man she briefly dated. Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa, 30, was found trapped in a chimney in Thousand Oaks, California, for several hours on Sunday (19 Oct) after neighbours heard the woman screaming at around 6:00am. She reportedly had been trapped since 3:00am. Ventury County Fire Department firefighters had to slowly chip away the bricks in order to facilitate her rescue. Nunez-Figueroa was finally pulled out of the chimney at around 8:13am. It is allegedly not the first time she tried to enter the house. The homeowner, identified only as Lawrence, said the pair had been on six dates after meeting on the internet before he broke things off. \"She seemed totally cool until the first flag was her actually being on my roof two weeks ago,\" he told KTLA.
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