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Firefighters rescue boy who got stuck in quicksand
Tishomingo Fire Department
TISHOMINGO, Oklahoma (KOCO) Tishomingo firefighters recently rescued a 12-year-old boy who got stuck in quicksand while fishing with his father at the Washita River.
Shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday, firefighters from the Tishomingo Fire Department and Johnston County EMS responded to the Washita River near the north end of South McAdams Road. When they arrived, they found a 12-year-old boy whose right leg was buried to his knee in quicksand.
According to fire department officials, the boy became bored while fishing, started playing on the edge of the river and got stuck in quicksand. The father had freed the boy’s left leg from the quicksand, and the 12-year-old was starting to suffer the effects of hypothermia along with loss of feeling in his right leg.