December 14, 2009
WASHINGTON - Every so often in the Washington Metro subway system, a foot gets caught in an escalator.
Usually, the culprit is a shoe lace or a flip-flop sandal. On Monday, it was a bird's talon.
Fire department spokesman Pete Piringer says rescuers were called to a station Monday. A large bird of prey - possibly a hawk or a falcon - had its foot stuck in the moving staircase.
Metro employees shut off the power, and a passer-by held the bird to keep it from injuring itself more. When firefighters arrived, they removed a portion of the escalator to free the bird.
Piringer says that despite a slightly injured foot, the bird flew to the top of a nearby gas station, where it sat for a while before continuing on its way.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2009/12/14/12150091-ap.html
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