Firefightersrescuedan unconscious 75-year-old man from a creek bed yesterday in Hoover, Alabama.
The man apparently fell about 20 feet onto a rock creekbed, according to a report on al.com (http://bit.ly/14t913R). The man was reportedly in serious to critical condition at an area hospital after being rescued by the Hoover Fire Department’stechnical rescueteam.
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