Firefighters on Thursday morning 25 Shevat were summoned to Beit Shemesh as a youth was stuck in an exhaust shaft. The call was received during the predawn hours for a 20-year-old stuck in the shaft in a Beit Shemesh commercial center.

Upon their arrival, fireman saw the man was stuck in the shaft which was about 50cm (19.5 inches) in diameter and 3.5 (11.5 feet) meters deep.

The rescuers began setting up their equipment, using a rope system to haul the young man out of the exhaust shaft. When they arrived the man explained he was in a significant pain and felt he was about to pass out. EMS personnel were standing by and he was transported to a Jerusalem hospital after being extricated

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo: Beit Shemesh Fire & Rescue via Media Resource Group)