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Falcon freed after getting leg caught in NJ tree
Eyewitness NewsPARK RIDGE -- It took a fire truck and a chain saw to do it, but animal control officers have freed a falcon stuck in a tree in northern New Jersey.
Authorities say the adult predator was found Tuesday afternoon hanging upside down high in a tree outside Park Ridge High School.
The bird's leg was tangled in rope, according to The Record (http://bit.ly/vSBorE).
An animal control officer climbed a fire truck's ladder and cut through branches to reach the bird.The falcon was taken in for evaluation.
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Saturday, June 18, 2011
Worker rescued after getting stuck in large trench
Eyewitness NewsWESTFIELD, N.J. (WABC) -- Authorities have rescued a water company worker who became trapped inside a large trench in northern New Jersey after the dirt walls collapsed around him early Saturday afternoon. The man - whose name was not disclosed - was digging the hole to install a water line at the Westfield site when he became trapped around 1 p.m.
He then remained stuck from the waist down for more than two hours as rescue crews worked to free him.
The worker was conscious and alert when he was removed from the trench and taken to a University Hospital in Newark. But further details on his injuries were not immediately available.The cause of the trench collapse remained under investigation late Saturday afternoon.
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