Girl Recovering After Getting Leg Stuck In Drain Pipe
(AP) - FAIR HAVEN, New York-A 6-year-old girl was airlifted to a hospital after she got her leg stuck in a pipe at a public bathroom.
Alexyss DeWind stepped into the 4-inch floor drain in a bathroom at Fair Haven Beach State Park on Sunday afternoon and got caught up to her thigh. Firefighters tried to grease the pipe, but finally had to cut the concrete around it to free her.
She was flown by helicopter to a Rochester hospital with her leg still in the cast-iron pipe and doctors, helped again by firefighters, worked overnight to cut it away before discharging her Monday.
Wendy Gibson, spokeswoman for the state Parks Department, said DeWind and her twin brother had removed a grate covering the drain before the girl got stuck. Gibson said Monday that the girl was fully recovered and back at the park, where her family was camping.