City of High Springs recently issued the following announcement.
For the fifth time in a year, High Springs firefighters perform sinkhole rescue
At 2:31PM on the afternoon of August 29, 2021, High Springs Fire Department was dispatched to 14548 NW 268th Street in High Springs for a report of a goat trapped in a sinkhole.
Within minutes of arrival, a rescue plan was developed, and Firefighter Adam Hudson descended into the thirty-foot-deep sink. Once at the bottom, the goat was found on a ledge a few feet away from Hudson. Scared and exhausted, our four-legged friend nearly fell into the outstretched arms of his rescuer. The goat and Firefighter Hudson were hoisted back up, with little trouble and no injury.
This is the fifth sinkhole rescue High Springs Fire Department has responded to in a year. Thanks to a recent purchase of new rope-rescue gear, and continued technical rescue training by your firefighters, crews were on-scene for only 90 minutes.
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