Yesterday evening an electrical worker found himself stuck in a SoMa manhole after he reportedly fell down the ladder at Howard and Fremont Streets. The electrical worker, who was apparently not part of PG&E's crack team according to the utility company, called the Fire Department for assistance around 9:20 p.m. Sunday night. It took rescue workers on the scene a solid 30 minutes to get the man out, but not before one of their own became stuck himself, leading to this awkward yet hilarious "2 men, 1 hole" series of notifications from @Emergency_In_SF San Francisco's unofficial emergency twitter account:
MAN in MANHOLE: man is stuck in a manhole (seriously) off Howard in SOMA (exact location tbd). Seriously.
— Emergency_In_SF (@Emergency_In_SF) April 9, 2012
MAN in HOLE (update): rescue team setting up equip to extract man from manhole (apparently near Fremont & Howard). He's really stuck good.
— Emergency_In_SF (@Emergency_In_SF) April 9, 2012
MAN in HOLE (update): Rescuer has joined man stuck in hole. Man requires extended effort which is delaying rescue.
— Emergency_In_SF (@Emergency_In_SF) April 9, 2012
MAN in HOLE (update): Rescuer has joined man stuck in hole. Man requires extended effort delaying rescue. CLARIFICATION: 2 men 1 hole
— Emergency_In_SF (@Emergency_In_SF) April 9, 2012
MAN in HOLE (final): Man & rescuer safely extracated from hole. Don't know how fell in. Don't have pics. But all true. (phew my side hurts)
— Emergency_In_SF (@Emergency_In_SF) April 9, 2012
@Emergency_in_SF, for the record, is not affiliated with the city or county of San Francisco, but someone in city hall should really considering hiring this guy full time.
