WATCH: 7 Ducklings Rescued From Storm Drain By Avalon Police Reunited With Mother
AVALON, N.J. (CBS) -- Avalon police officers made a special rescue Wednesday. They pulled seven ducklings from a storm drain.
Avalon Police Officers Save Seven Young Souls From Imminent Serious Bodily Injury or Death DSG Sykes and Ptlm Featherer responded to the area where they, through a thorough canvassing of the area, found the distraught mother circling a storm drain waving her arms for help. As the officers approached they caught the faint distant voices of her seven youngsters trapped in the storm drain. Thanks to the officers quick thinking, they notified Middlesex Water Co. who were able to rip the storm drain cover off and dramatically saved the seven youngsters. Video attached is the grateful reunion of the mother and her youngsters. Chief Christopher comments that if not for the officers actions, the children would've been stuck until they figured out how to get out on their own. It is important that everyone put down their phones and watch where you're walking, 'cause you never know what lay ahead! Just a little something to brighten up your day
Posted by Avalon NJ Police Department on Wednesday, May 26, 2021
They were all OK and were returned to their mother.
Police say they realized something was wrong when they saw the mother flapping her wings and circling the storm drain.
Middlesex Water Company came to remove the drain cover.