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Australia drain rescue: Man freed after 36 hours trapped underground (www.bbc.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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An Australian man has been freed after spending 36 hours trapped in a drain network.

He first entered a drain in Brisbane on Saturday "while trying to retrieve his phone", according to authorities.

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[–] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.de 27 points 7 months ago (3 children)

You could say, he was down under.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

he kept trying to climb up not realising that he was getting deeper and deeper.

[–] finthechat@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago

Reminds me of an old scifi story where an underground prison was actually upside down and secretly using artifical gravity to mislead all of the prisoners. The real way to escape was to go down.

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