Disasters · Sand rescueGreen Bay sand rescue: Firefighters free person trapped chest-deepWritten November 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:07Firefighters freed a person trapped chest deep in sand at a concrete company.0:12The person needed hospital treatment, and one firefighter was injured during the0:16rescue.0:17Specialist teams joined a response involving about thirteen emergency vehicles.0:21What did it take to free the person, and how did the two medical outcomes differ?0:26Peters Concrete was the site of the emergency Wednesday afternoon in Green Bay,0:30Wisconsin.0:31The Green Bay Metro Fire Department sent crews to the company on Atkinson Drive0:37shortly after two.0:38The dispatch was logged at about two twenty-two.0:42The address was full fifteen sixteen Atkinson Drive, though some coverage called the0:47street Atkinson Avenue.0:49Both street names referred to the same concrete company rescue.0:53The sand reached the person's chest.0:55The complexity of the rescue brought in the department's urban search and rescue0:59team, specialized equipment, and additional resources.1:03Howard's technical rescue team also assisted.1:06Firefighters freed the person after about thirty minutes on sight.1:10That measures the crew's work after arriving.1:13The person had already been trapped when help was called, so their total time in the1:18sand could have been longer.1:19The rescued person went to a local hospital for treatment.1:23The firefighter injured during the operation received care and was released at the1:28scene.1:28Those were the two separate medical outcomes after crews completed the rescue.1:33Fire officials haven't said how the person became trapped.1:37The rescued person's condition after hospital transport hasn't been made public.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
