Los Angeles CA Trench Rescue 9/5/24

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LOS ANGELES, CA | *TRENCH RESCUE* | 2300BLK N CATALINA ST | ADULT MALE TRAPPED UP TO SHOULDERS IN 8 FOOT DEEP TRENCH - EXTRICATION EFFORTS UNDERWAY | PATIENT REPORTED CONSCIOUS & ALERT

From LAFD.com:

1049AM (PDT):
Trench Rescue; INC#0750; 10:49AM; 2333 N Catalina St; https://bit.ly/4dRkZPp; #LosFeliz; PRELIM: One adult male worker conscious and alert, trapped up to his shoulders in an 8 (eight) foot deep trench to the rear of a hillside home.; FS 35; Batt 5; West Bureau; Council District 4; BC11 BC14 E205 E227 E235 E27 E35 E56 EM5 HR3 RA35 T35 T5 UR27 UR88; CH7; 14;

1115AM (PDT):
Update Trench Rescue; INC#0750; 11:15AM; 2333 N Catalina St; https://bit.ly/4dRkZPp; #LosFeliz; The adult male worker (undetermined age or craft) remains conscious and alert, trapped by soil up to a point at or above his waist, in an 8 (eight) foot deep trench immediately adjacent to a load-bearing wall of the adjacent hillside residence. First arriving Firefighters and Paramedics have stabilized the trench walls, patient and overall construction site, to allow LAFD responders specially trained and equipped in confined space operations, to swiftly commence the high risk rescue within the trench.; FS 35; Batt 5; West Bureau; Council District 4; BC11 BC14 BC731 CM52 E205 E227 E235 E27 E35 E56 EM5 HR3 RA27 RA35 RA827 T35 T5 UR27 UR88; CH7; 14;

1121AM (PDT):
#MediaAdvisory - Trench Rescue; INC#0750; 11:21AM; 2333 N Catalina St; https://bit.ly/4dRkZPp; #LosFeliz; LAFD Public Information Officers Captain Erik Scott and Firefighter David Ortiz are en route to assist the media. NOTE: The LAFD Incident Commander has formally requested all media helicopters in the vicinity increase their altitude and/or distance from the still active rescue scene for patient and responder safety, as noise from media aircraft is actively hindering the ability of responders to communicate with the patient and one another.; FS 35; Batt 5; West Bureau; Council District 4; AP4 BC11 BC14 BC731 CM52 E203 E205 E227 E235 E27 E3 E35 E56 EA2 EM5 HR3 PI1 PI4 RA27 RA35 RA827 T3 T35 T5 UR27 UR3 UR88; CH7; 12 14;

454PM (PDT):
Complete - Trench Rescue; INC#0750; 04:54PM; 2333 N Catalina St; https://bit.ly/4dRkZPp; #LosFeliz; After nearly six hours of a relentless rescue effort in oppressive heat by dozens of Los Angeles Fire Department responders working seamlessly in non-stop rotation, the adult male construction worker has been skillfully removed from the unstable 8 (eight) foot deep trench at a residential construction site. In serious condition, he is soon to be transported by LAFD Paramedics to a regional trauma center. Two LAFD rescuers were treated at the scene for heat exhaustion, with one later taken to an area hospital for further medical evaluation. No other injuries reported. Media Inquiries: Cal OSHA; FS 35; Batt 5; West Bureau; Council District 4; E35 T35 E235 RA35 E56 HR3 EM5 BC11 E27 UR27 UR88 T5 E205 BC14 E227 BC731 CM52 RA827 RA27 T3 E203 UR3 EA2 E3 PI1 PI4 AP4 SO1 RA56 RA20 T88 E288 E88 RA88 EM2 CE43 E82 RA82 E1 E20 XO2 UA6 ER2 RA3 CM51 E85 T85 E285 UR85 RA85 E89 T89 E289 JT4 E29 E294 T94 DT1 HE3; CH7; 14

Don't see the vacuum truck listed as an LAFD asset, but there was one working there with something like 100 feet of pipe leading from the truck to the trench. Wonder how much vacuum loss they get in a stretch like that?
 
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Let me do the math here. It's an eight foot deep trench. They say he buried up to between his waist and his shoulders. So, that makes him, what? ten feet tall?
 
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