Kent firefighters rescue ducklings from drain
Apr 11, 2012, 4:39 PM | Updated: 6:00 pm
The firefighters removed the ducklings from the drain one by one and placed them inside a bucket as mom watched. (Photos courtesy the Kent Fire Department)
(Photos courtesy the Kent Fire Department)
A mom was watching when officials from the Kent fire department rescued her thirteen children – tiny ducklings that were stuck in a storm drain.
The Station 74 crew, Captain Jim Merritt, firefighters Steve Smith and Brent Flatness, responded to a call that the tiny crying quacks were coming from a storm drain on 116th Avenue SE in Kent.
The firefighters removed the ducklings from the drain one by one. They said the mother duck kept her eyes on the rescue as careful hands placed the ducklings inside a bucket.
The ducklings were then released to a pond across the street from the drain where they were joined by their relieved mother.
