{"id":511378,"date":"2026-01-12T18:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/511378\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:08:16","slug":"man-rescued-from-houston-sewer-after-being-trapped-for-several-days-constables-office-says-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/511378\/","title":{"rendered":"Man rescued from Houston sewer after being trapped for several days, constable\u2019s office says \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/615302819_1338345301660517_5911779907136755819_n.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-540466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/615302819_1338345301660517_5911779907136755819_n.jpg\" alt=\"A still image from a video shared by the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office shows a man apparently trapped in a sewer. Jan. 12, 2026.\" width=\"663\" height=\"829\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p>A still image from a video shared by the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable\u2019s Office shows a man apparently trapped in a sewer. Jan. 12, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>A man was rescued from a Houston-area sewer early Monday after being trapped there for several days, according to the office of Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman. <\/p>\n<p>Deputies responded to reports of a man screaming for help and then used drones to conduct a ground search, during which they located a man trapped inside a sewer in the 16400 block of North Mist Drive in north Houston, according to Herman\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Herman\u2019s office wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1784608339079311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media post<\/a> that the man had apparently been trapped there for several days and was rescued with the assistance of the Ponderosa Fire Department. The man was then transported to a local hospital for medical evaluation, according to the constable\u2019s office, which said the incident is under investigation. <\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/hellohouston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>In a drone video posted by Herman\u2019s office, the man can be seen standing up inside a hole in the sewer system. The man can also be seen walking with firefighters toward emergency vehicles after being rescued.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear Monday how the man ended up in the sewer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman\/Facebook A still image from a video shared by the Harris County&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":511379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[6386,47414,228617,137775,4345,228618,5173,2936,425,50,7207,199193,228619,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-511378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-harris-county","9":"tag-harris-county-precinct-4","10":"tag-harris-county-precinct-4-constable-mark-herman","11":"tag-harris-county-precinct-4-constables-office","12":"tag-houston","13":"tag-houston-sewer","14":"tag-infrastructure","15":"tag-law-enforcement","16":"tag-local","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-police","19":"tag-ponderosa","20":"tag-ponderosa-fire-department","21":"tag-texas","22":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115883468862987130","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}