BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Police and city workers successfully rescued a ducking that fell into the sewer near Boston Police Headquarters Thursday.
The trouble began when officers stopped traffic to help a mother duck and her ducklings cross Tremont Street.
"While moving the brood, one of the ducklings fell into the sewer," Boston Police wrote on their blog.
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BPD got help from Boston Water and Sewer to remove the sewer grate, and fished the little duckling out using a shovel.
He was reunited with his mother and eleven brothers and sisters, and Boston Animal Control relocated the family to Jamaica Pond.