STORRS, Conn. (AP) - UConn firefighters have rescued eight ducklings from a catch basin on campus. The school says bystanders walking near the school's chemistry building called the fire department after noticing a mother duck and two ducklings crying at the storm drain on Sunday evening. The school says a firefighter attached to a safety rope used a ladder to enter the catch basin.
He reached six of the eight ducklings and brought them out. The other two had made their way down a drain pipe.
Crews lured those two out using a cord attached to small dish filled with Rice Krispies. The school says the duck family was reunited and has returned to a nearby lake.
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