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The youngster was playing at the Rudd Playground on Aberdeen St., when he dropped through a grate leading to an area in the Bushwick Ave.-Aberdeen St. L-train station just after 5 p.m., police said.
Boy survives 20 foot fall through subway grate in Brooklyn playground
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Boy falls through subway grate
A boy was playing in a playground in Brooklyn when he fell 20 feet into a subway grate.
NEW YORK - An 11-year-old boy survived a 20-foot fall through a subway grate inside a playground in Brooklyn, according to FDNY and police officials.
The boy was playing in Rudd Playground at Bushwick Ave. and Aberdeen St. in the Cypress Hills neighborhood at about 5 p.m. Wednesday when he fell. He did not land on the subway tracks. Good Samaritans helped the boy while firefighters arrived at the scene and pulled the boy up.
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