Girl suffers broken ankle after 12-foot fall into sewer in South Buffalo

A 12-year-old girl walking to school Tuesday morning fell down an open sewer drain and was stuck there for about an hour before a man walking by heard her cries for help.
Grace Knox, a student at Southside Elementary School, was screaming for her mother when firefighters from Engine 25 arrived on South Legion Drive between Rutland and Melrose Streets, at about 8:30 a.m., according to Capt. Daniel O'Leary of the Buffalo Fire Department.
Grace fell about 12 feet down into the sewer where there was about a foot of running water, fire officials said.


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The cover to the sewer drain was found a few feet away on some grass when firefighters arrived. They also found Grace's cell phone out on the sidewalk.
Workers with the Buffalo Sewer Authority were called to the scene to determine why the sewer cover had been removed.
I wonder if kids pulled it off.