News team to the rescue!

WISH-TV viewers were concerned. Reports were flooding in that a mother duck was in distress.

The duck's 11 ducklings were trapped in an Indianapolis parking lot storm drain.

The 24-Hour News 8 team arrived on the scene to learn that neither the fire department nor the police department were on their way. Animal control wasn't coming either.

Anchor Daniel Miller decided to take action.



"There they were, all bundled up, crying for their mom," Miller says. "She was nearby quacking."

As the mother duck quacked in distress, Miller opened the grate and descended into the sewer.

Soon, onlookers gathered around. A police officer saw the commotion and lent Miller a glove. A stranger handed Miller a tote bag.

The anchor gathered the first 10 ducklings into the bag and lifted them to safety. It took four attempts to rescue the final duckling.

The touching rescue ended with what Miller describes as "an uneventful reunion."

The ducklings rejoined their mother and onlookers ensured that the waddling family made their way to a nearby pond.