Did any of you hear or see this story back in November. It originally appeared in the Columbus, Ohio paper and was reported in both the newspaper and on ABC 13 News.
Here's the headline: Teen locked out of house ends up stuck in chimney
An Ohio teenager who locked himself out of the house tried to make like Santa Claus and shimmy down the chimney. It didn't work.
Firefighters in Columbus say the 15-year-old was small enough to get most of the way down the chimney, which was about a foot wide. But the flue that opens into the house was only eight inches across. After cutting off the gas supply to the fireplace, firefighters considered cutting holes in the chimney or taking it apart. But they ended up taking a lower-tech approach. They lowered a rope from an aerial ladder and pulled the b…