Firefighters Come to the Rescue of 9 Little Ducklings

Brian Barry of the Danvers Fire Department tells us that the crew aboard Engine 2 came to the rescue of nine little ducklings that fell into a storm drain at Endicott Green yesterday.

"On arrival they discovered that the mother duck had walked over a storm drain, but the nine ducklings following her were not so lucky. They fell through the grates like lemmings and were in the water about 8 feet below," said Barry.

He said Acting Lt. David Morin and firefighters Rob Parsons and Marc Santorella then removed the storm drain cover, placed a ladder in the hole and Santorella climbed down.

At the bottom of the drain, in water just deep enough to cover his boots, Santorella found the ducklings safe and sound. They were then all carried out of the drain and reunited with their mother.