Terror in the Sewer Mars Mother’s Day for One Suburban Neighborhood (VIDEO)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A man’s ego is still recovering today, just hours after he found himself trapped in a subdivision sewer, while neighbors pointed and laughed at him.

The incident happened around 4:00 pm on Sunday afternoon. Hugo Huckleby* attempted to remove a grate from a sewer on his street after a ball being used in a children’s hockey game rolled into the street’s drain.

According to four-year-old Bruiser Ferrier, an eyewitness at the scene, “The lid were too heavy for him. It falleded in the hole.” Huckleby bravely jumped in after the grate– and that’s when neighbors gathered around the sewer to jeer come to his aid.

Nashville resident Dennis Ferrier was returning home from a run when he saw the scene of terror unfolding. He rushed to his garage and retrieved a length rope to aid in the recovery of Huckleby and the grate. Eyewitness Lindsay Ferrier caught the scene on camera:

“I try to tell people that there’s major drama on my street all the time,” Ms. Ferrier told reporters afterward during a press conference. “I mean, just a few weeks ago, my neighbor Steve took out his trash on the wrong day! I’m hoping that this video gives people clear proof of the insanity I have to deal with on a near-daily basis.”

Ms. Ferrier just might get her wish. NBC’s Today show has announced plans to air tomorrow’s 7:00am-9:00am program live from her street as Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer investigate the dangers of playing street hockey near sewer drains, while CNN’s Anderson Cooper will be conducting an exclusive interview with Mr. Huckleby later on in the week.

*Some names have been changed to protect the egos.

 

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