Video: Crews rescue man who climbed into 40-foot-deep well ‘just for fun’

A Florida man was rescued early Wednesday after he got stuck inside of a 40-feet-deep well that his friend said they climbed down "just for fun." Officials with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said the man was stuck for about 40 minutes before being pulled to safety.Deputies said three men took turns climbing in and out of an empty old well on a neighbor’s property. One of the men didn't have the strength to pull himself out of the narrow well and started to panic. He was treated for a few minor abrasions, deputies said.

A Florida man was rescued early Wednesday after he got stuck inside of a 40-feet-deep well that his friend said they climbed down "just for fun."


Officials with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said the man was stuck for about 40 minutes before being pulled to safety.

Deputies said three men took turns climbing in and out of an empty old well on a neighbor’s property.

One of the men didn't have the strength to pull himself out of the narrow well and started to panic. He was treated for a few minor abrasions, deputies said.