Struthers firefighters rescue boy stranded on dam wall

STRUTHERS

Firefighters rescued a 12-year old boy who was stranded after climbing about 100 feet up the side of a dam wall at Hamilton Lake near Poland Avenue on Saturday. A resident called police about possibly trapped children. Police arrived at the dam and then notified the fire department. Officials had to cut through a lock, barbed wire and aluminum fencing in order to reach the child, a police report states. A fire rescue unit safely lowered the boy to the ground by using a rappelling apparatus and securing him with a belt strap, the report states. Rural Metro arrived to assist, but the boy did not appear to need medical attention.