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I feared that I’d die says drain survivor

- By Isabella Fish

A MAN who plunged down a drain and spent over a day undergroun­d feared he was going to die.

David Miller, who injured his legs and feet, had been on his way to the chemist when he fell. ‘All I remember is a big bang and then darkness,’ the 48-year-old recalled.

He had left home in Barking, Essex, on Wednesday last week but ended up crawling six miles in a surface water drain to Romford. He was rescued after people heard his cries from a manhole cover.

His friend Anthony Shannon, 44, said: ‘He thought he would die.’ Thames Water is investigat­ing.

 ??  ?? Ordeal: David Miller injured his legs
Ordeal: David Miller injured his legs

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