Couple gets stuck after crawling miles in storm drain searching for puppy

Monday, July 18, 2016
PHOENIX (WLS) -- A couple trying to save a puppy from a storm drain needed to be rescued themselves.

According to Arizona officials, a man and woman heard a puppy crying and followed the sound into a storm drain system.
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The pair crawled for several miles and became stuck. Bicyclists heard their screams for help and alerted fire crews.

Firefighters spent about an hour getting the couple out.
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The pair said they never found the puppy they heard.
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