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Duckling In Distress Saved By Cops Who Pull Up Grate To Pluck It From Queens Sewer
The city's finest plucked the chick to safety after a witness saw it fall.
FLUSHING, QUEENS — New York City's Finest saved the city's cutest.
NYPD officers plucked a duckling in distress from a Flushing sewer drain on Mother's Day. The chick was seen falling through a grate in the street by a witness who flagged down cops, according to a tweet from the department's 109th precinct.
The three officers pulled up the grate and helped the little guy to safety.
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Officers Schintzer, Campanelli & Vlaovich were flagged down & advised of a small duckling that fell into the drain pic.twitter.com/LALkxfhKd2
— NYPD 109th Precinct (@NYPD109Pct) May 14, 2017
Officers Schintzer, Campanelli and Vlaovich are doing their best to save a duckling into a drain pic.twitter.com/fWKqso1FK8
— NYPD 109th Precinct (@NYPD109Pct) May 14, 2017
The duckling was reunited with its family. "All's well that ends well," tweeted the 109th Precinct, along with a photo of the rescued duckling.
All's well that ends well ❤ pic.twitter.com/e0zS90U54u
— NYPD 109th Precinct (@NYPD109Pct) May 14, 2017
Lead image via NYPD
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