Rescue crews pull boy from ravine in Upper Marlboro
Boy calls for help for two hours
Rescue workers pulled a teenage boy from a 100-foot-deep snowy ravine he had fallen down Monday night in Upper Marlboro, fire officials said.
The boy fell down the ravine around 6 p.m. and remained there calling for help for about two hours before a neighbor heard his calls and alerted the fire department, said Mark Brady, spokesman for the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department. The boy was able to climb up about 60 feet and wait in the top of a tree for help.
Rescue workers lowered a firefighter in a safety harness to the boy and were able to lift the boy to the top sometime after 9 p.m. Crews took him to a local hospital to be checked out for possible injuries from the fall and hypothermia.
The ravine is located in a wooded area behind 13210 Marlton Center Drive.
Brady had no updates Tuesday on the boy's exact age, condition, or why he was at the ravine.
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