Police spent over four hours rescuing a baby deer Thursday that fell 20 feet into a manhole in Long Island, N.Y.
Landscapers working by a vacant lot under construction in Mount Sinai, N.Y., called Suffolk County Police just after 3:30 p.m. when they noticed the fawn had fallen into the manhole, police said.
Four emergency service officers responded around 5 p.m., according to a police report, and tested the environment to make sure it was safe to descend in to the manhole.
After putting on a harness and breathing apparatus, Emergency Service Officer Walter Justincic was lowered approximately 18-20 feet down to the deer, police said.
Justincic put a separate harness on the torso of the deer, which police said was crying but otherwise seemed fine.
The officers hoisted the deer to ground level at around 8 p.m. and then brought up Justincic back up. The officers then released the deer and it ran into the woods, seemingly unscathed.
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