MIDLAND, N.C. — Midland fire units and other responders successfully rescued a fawn from an abandoned shaft at Reed Gold Mine on Thursday morning.
The fawn, which had fallen into the shaft, appeared unharmed.
Responders used rope rescue systems to lower a firefighter into the shaft, where the fawn was snared with the help of CCSO equipment.
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The firefighter and the unharmed fawn were then raised out of the shaft.
After being checked for injuries, the fawn was released back into the wild.
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