The children were in the tunnels in the Staten Island borough for about an hour in total, lost and disoriented, Fire Department of New York authorities said.
New York City firefighters mounted a rescue operation after five boys got stuck in a sewer on Tuesday evening, officials said.
"They crawled in there and they were in there crawling for at least 15 minutes and they became disoriented," FDNY Chief of Department John Hodgens said. The kids explained they were stuck in the sewer after going through a tunnel. They said they'd walked for a long time. The kids said they walked through a cemetery and then went down into the sewer system. Sirens can be heard on the 911 call as firefighters continued talking to the boys.
Yesterday, FDNY Dispatchers, Firefighters, EMS and our NYPD partners worked quickly to rescue five children who became lost in a Staten Island sewer system.The children kept screaming for help as firefighters searched, officials said. Firefighters found jackets and school bags left at the mouth of a tunnel. A rescue worker entered the system on a rope with meters and a breathing apparatus.
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