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Metro Transit Police Rescue Ducks From Storm Drain

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Metro Transit says their police officers saved eight ducklings from a storm drain in Columbia Heights Saturday morning. In a Facebook post, police and officials are shown standing in and reaching into storm drains to "gather the frightened feathered babies, one by one."

(credit: Metro Transit)
(credit: Metro Transit)

(credit: Metro Transit)

The post says officers Juan Peralta and Dmitriy Vecherkov were on patrol when they heard the mother duck's cries and found the ducklings in a drain. Officials used a claw to reach some out-of-reach ducklings.

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