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Munich Firefighters Free Boy Trapped to His Hips in Englischer Garten Mud

The rescue underscores hidden mud pockets in the popular city park after wet conditions.

Overview

  • A 10-year-old visiting Munich's Englischer Garten became stuck up to his hips in a hidden mud pocket and needed help from firefighters.
  • The ground was so waterlogged that he sank fast after stepping into what looked like a shallow puddle.
  • His accompanying supervisor tried to pull him out and then called Feuerwehr München when that failed.
  • Crews reached him near Gyßlingstraße, found him anxious but outwardly unhurt, threw a rescue line, and pulled him free before washing off the mud.
  • He left the scene uninjured with his companion, in an incident the fire service relayed to local outlet tz.de as a reminder that saturated park soil can hide soft spots.