Overview
- Servicing crews checking porta‑potties for pickup found a locked unit and alerted police after a passerby heard yelling inside, prompting firefighters to respond.
- Rescue video shows crews using saws to cut the plastic waste tank and extract the unidentified man while giving verbal instructions and guiding his movements.
- Patriot Portable Restrooms says the man told responders he climbed into the tank to retrieve a Mountain Dew and estimated he had been inside for roughly eight hours.
- After extraction firefighters rinsed the man from a fire engine hose and emergency medical personnel evaluated him at the scene with no serious injuries reported.
- Authorities have not independently verified every detail of the company account, and the incident highlights the confined‑space and sanitation risks of porta‑potty holding tanks.