The man got stuck in a muddy brook and pinned under a heavy boulder. It took a team of first responders to get the man freed — but that wasn’t the only challenged they faced in rescuing the man.
A New Jersey fire chief helped rescue a man who got trapped under a 200-pound rock over the weekend.
Demarest Fire Chief John McLoughlin was the first person on scene, finding the man stuck in a muddy brook and pinned under the heavy boulder. "It was pouring rain, it was cold, he was in this cold water for probably close to an hour," said McLoughlin."He was trapped between his kneecap and ankle, his foot was straight up and he just couldn’t move it."Get Tri-state area news and weather forecasts to your inbox."I’m told he ran out to the road and started yelling for help, and someone heard him yelling and called 911," the chief told NBC New York.
McLoughlin used an online map to show where the man was rescued, with an image from this year appearing to show the rock that trapped him. Investigators said the area is a dried up lake near a high school, and the weekend washout made conditions far worse than normal. "He was very upset, started to shake. I believe he went into hypothermia and shock," said McLoughlin.
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