Illinois boy pulled through drainage pipe thought he was 'lost forever'
by Kimberly Fornek, Pioneer Press
Oct 27, 2017
3 minutes
BURR RIDGE, Ill. - When Lauren Doppke saw her 10-year-old brother P.J. disappear into a rain-charged drainage pipe, she was terrified.
Lauren, 11, and P.J. had asked their mother if they could take their dog Pepper and go to a nearby park on the afternoon of Oct. 14. It had been raining steadily that Saturday and the creek and culvert through the park had overflowed its banks.
P.J. saw Pepper run in and out of the flowing water, but when he stepped in, he was knocked over.
"I tried to get out, but
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