The Hamilton Spectator

Man seeking dropped phone falls in trash chute

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A man looking for a dropped cellphone ended up in a stinky situation, tumbling into a building’s trash chute, from where he had to be rescued. Washington, D.C., Fire spokespers­on Vito Maggiolo says the man was throwing out trash at an apartment building when he thought he dropped the cellphone in the chute. Maggiolo says the man leaned in to check and fell inside. Maggiolo says the man was able to call 911 from inside the trash chute around 3 a.m. Sunday, though it wasn’t clear what phone he used. A video posted online shows firefighte­r rescue crews pumping fresh air down the chute to the man through a hose. They eventually hauled him out using a harness.

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