Sunday's floodwaters turned frightening for two teens in New Jersey. They were trapped in an abandoned train tunnel between Edgewater and Fairview. Rescuers could only reach them using a raft. Christinafantv reports.
They were trapped in an abandoned train tunnel betweenIt's known to locals as the"Devil's Hole" -- a mile-long dark and abandoned rail line that has inspired all sorts of urban legends."When we got here it was just a muddy disaster," Edgewater Fire Department Lt. Thomas Quinton Jr. said.
"They looked cold. They were sitting on a pipe and kind of hugging it. Part of them was in the water. They said they were there for two hours. It couldn't have been comfortable," Quinton said. "They got to a point where they couldn't go back and they couldn't go forward. They managed to get cell service and we got involved," Jacobson said.
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