8 trapped ducklings rescued from storm drain

May 6, 2019 at 12:38 p.m. | Updated May 6, 2019 at 12:38 p.m.

by Associated Press

In this Sunday, May 5, 2019 photo released by the University Connecticut, ducklings swim with their mother on Swan Lake on the UConn campus after being rescued from a catch basin near the chemistry building in Storrs, Conn. Bystanders called the fire department after noticing the mother duck and two ducklings crying at the storm drain. UConn firefighters rescued several ducklings had that had fallen into the catch basin. (Capt. Steven Garvin/University of Connecticut Fire Department via AP)
In this Sunday, May 5, 2019 photo released by the University Connecticut, ducklings swim with their mother on Swan Lake on the UConn campus after being rescued from a catch basin near the chemistry building in Storrs, Conn. Bystanders called the fire department after noticing the mother duck and two ducklings crying at the storm drain. UConn firefighters rescued several ducklings had that had fallen into the catch basin. (Capt. Steven Garvin/University of Connecticut Fire Department via AP)

STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Firefighters have rescued eight ducklings from a storm drain on the University of Connecticut campus.

The school says bystanders walking near the chemistry building called the fire department after noticing a mother duck and two ducklings crying outside the drain on Sunday evening.

The school says a firefighter attached to a safety rope used a ladder to reach six of the eight ducklings and bring them out.

The other two had made their way down a drain pipe. Crews lured those two out using a cord attached to small dish filled with Rice Krispies.

The school says the duck family was reunited and has returned to a nearby lake.

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