Altona: Boy rescued from stormwater drain reunites with rescuers
Jake Gilbert had been riding his bike with a friend when he accidentally rode across a submerged drain last...
Source: 9news.com.au
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Jake Gilbert had been riding his bike with a friend when he accidentally rode across a submerged drain last...
A boy has thanked his rescuers after he was sucked down a stormwater drain by a raging torrent of floodwater while riding his bike in Melbourne's south-west.
Jake Gilbert was clinging to the grate covering the drain when - by chance - an off-duty SES volunteer and Victoria Police constable were nearby and came to pull him free.