The skinny: If Santa gets stuck, here's who to call
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If Santa gets stuck, here's who to call
It seemed like such a seasonal solution to a problem. George Herrera, 18, broke his curfew in returning home in Stockton, Calif., this week and tried to figure out how to cover up the infraction. That's when he looked at the chimney. Works for Santa, right? So he made his way down the opening until, despite a physique leaner than that of the jolly old elf, he got stuck. He was in there about 90 minutes before fire officials responded and got him out. "We're not specifically trained to rescue people from chimneys," Art Ray of Stockton's fire department told the Record, "but we are trained to pull people from confined spaces."
Animal transport
Venison and booze don't go together
Police say Andrew Caswell, 29, made a commendable effort to help an injured deer. He was driving with three companions in suburban Rochester, N.Y., when he accidentally hit the animal. After the group argued as to their next move, Caswell decided that the only thing they could do was load the deer into the car and take it to the hospital. It was a hospital for people, but it was the thought that counts. Before Caswell got to the hospital, police stopped the car and noticed two things: First, there was a deer in the trunk and it was, by then, dead. Second, one of the reasons Caswell hit the deer was because, police say, his blood-alcohol level was 0.16, twice the legal limit.
Brendt, a former Oklahoma State wrestler who lives a short walk from his grandson's home in Knights Ferry, passed along the "Switch," an old-school move that seemed right up to date to nearly 1000 spectators at Stockton Arena. Noon, sensing the moment,