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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Wrentham Fire and Norfolk Country Rescue Crews Save Two Trapped Climbers on Joe's Rock

The individuals were trapped on a rock 40 feet high in the area and were saved by the Norfolk Country Technical Rescue Crew and Wrentham Fire officials.

Update (9:25 p.m.) - While accidents and injuries are nothing new to Joe’s Rock in West Wrentham, Wednesday evening’s rescue of two teenage boys who climbed about 40-50 feet up the face of the rock created one of the more notable incidents in the conservation area. “We have been here before for slips and falls. This is one of the most dramatic ones we’ve had here,” Wrentham Fire Chief Jay McMorrow said. The climbers, from Attleboro and Wrentham, have not had their names released to the public yet. At about 5:20, Wrentham Fire responded to an emergency call from one of the climbers on their cell phones asking for help. According to Wrentham Fire Chief Jay McMorrow, the two men came to the conservation area after one of them visited the area…

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