Fla. Responders Rescue 7-Foot Gator From Drain
MIAMI --
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue pulled a 7-foot, 150-pound alligator from a storm drain in a residential neighborhood Friday afternoon.
Residents near 109th Avenue and Southwest 64th Street told Local 10's Rob Schmitt they called fire rescue after they heard a splashing sound coming from the drain.
Firefighters slipped a noose around the gator's neck and pulled it out of the drain.
The gator, which residents said was stuck inside the drain for two days, was not injured.
A trapper released it into the Everglades.
Residents said it's common to see gators in the area,especially in a canal behind thier homes. But they had never seen one this big.
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