11-year-old boy rescued after being trapped between boulders for more than 9 hours
This Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024 photo provided by the Hillsborough Fire Department shows first responders at the scene of a rescue for a child who became wedged between two boulders, in Windsor, N.H. (Credit: Hillsborough Fire Department)
CONCORD, N.H. - An 11-year-old boy was freed after being stuck between two boulders for more than nine hours in New Hampshire, a local fire chief said.
Authorities said the boy had slipped between the boulders near his school and became trapped.
The boy was pried out of the boulders in Windsor at about 3:15 a.m. He was taken to a hospital for evaluation and released, according to the Wediko School, where the boy is a student.
"On Sunday evening, while under supervision, a student exploring a rocky area on campus slipped between two boulders when sticks and debris gave way beneath them," the school, a residential treatment center for boys, said in a statement Monday.
"Despite multiple staff members' efforts to free the student, they were unsuccessful and promptly called local emergency rescue services," the statement said. "Emergency responders worked tirelessly through the night, successfully rescuing the student in the early morning."
Firefighters got a call to respond shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday, where they found the boy "lodged between the crevasse" in a large boulder, Hillsborough Fire Chief Kenny Stafford said. They used ropes and a lubricant to rescue the child, he said.
First responders from at least five other communities, as well as the state police and Fish and Game Department, assisted with the rescue in Windsor, in southern New Hampshire.