NJ Woman Pulled From Septic Tank After Stuck For 3 Hours (Video)

A New Jersey woman was pulled from a septic tank this week after she was stuck inside for three hours, police said (see video below).

The woman was discovered at 2:40 p.m. Thursday when officers were summoned to the 3600 block of Nesco Road in Mullica Township, police said. The woman, 57-year-old Tami Camp, was conscious and alert and complaining about severe back pain while she was in the bottom of an old, abandoned septic tank.

Camp apparently fell through a rotted cover of the tank, which was 10 feet underground. Police said it took about 30 minutes for her son to hear her screams for help. He then went to a neighbor's house to call 911.

Atlanticare E.M.S. along with the Elwood, Nesco and Hammonton fire departments responded. The Atlantic City fire department's Confined Space Rescue Team responded as well.

Police had received a call about a person who fell into a hole in the rear yard of a home. Utilizing the Hammonton fire department's tower ladder truck, the Atlantic City fire department conducted a rescue utilizing a system of ropes and braces to remove the patient safely.

A Mullica Township. police officer and an Atlanticare EMS worker entered the hole using a ladder. The patient was then airlifted to Atlanticare hospital from a medivac helicopter.

Here is the rescue:

Mullica Township police photo