Australian spends 36 hours in drain after dropping phone


An Australian man who got stuck in a drain for 36 hours during a heavy storm while looking for his lost phone was eventually rescued by firefighters. — Photo by Yura Fresh on Unsplash

SYDNEY: Australian emergency workers on March 26 said they rescued a man who was stuck in a Brisbane storm drain for 36 hours after apparently trying to retrieve a dropped mobile phone.

The man, in his 30s, reportedly entered the tropical city’s grimy underworld at the weekend.

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