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Boy Taking Photos Falls Into Mine Shaft
Boy Rescued From Mine New Year’s Eve
POSTED: 9:25 am PST January 2,
2008
UPDATED: 12:42 pm PST January 2,
2008
RANDSBURG, Calif. -- Kern County fire crews spent New Year's Eve rescuing a child trapped inside an abandoned mine shaft in the high desert near Randsburg.Firefighters said a child was taking pictures at the entrance to an old mine when he slipped and fell 50 feet down a vertical shaft.Crews arrived within 20 minutes and lowered a paramedic, along with four other firefighters, down the shaft to rescue the child.
The boy was brought up and taken to an area hospital.
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