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This Wellesley story isn’t at all as ugly as it looks

February 22, 2017 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

pickup with body in back of Wellesley Fire Station on Rte 9
Am trying to think up a really bad pick up line related to this

 

I wondered what was up earlier this week when I saw a couple of fire trucks, and maybe another emergency vehicle or two, cruise onto the Wellesley College campus with their lights on and sirens off.

Then on Wednesday morning a Swellesley reader shared the photo above, featuring perhaps a Walking Dead extra, taken from behind the Wellesley Fire Station on Rte. 9.

I knew there had to be a perfectly good explanation for all this activity, and sure enough there was.

The disheveled guy in the back of the truck is a rescue dummy used for drills, according to Wellesley Fire Chief Rick DeLorie. WFD was hosting  a Norfolk County Technical Rescue Team Drill at Wellesley College. “There are a number of underground  tunnels for utility and steam piping connecting many of the buildings,” DeLorie says.

Norfolk County Technical Rescue Team Drill at Wellesley College
Norfolk County Technical Rescue Team Drill at Wellesley College (photo via Wellesley Fire Department)

 

And from the photo below, it looks as though the chap from the truck had a busy day underground and was just catching a few Z’s later on.

Norfolk County Technical Rescue Team Drill at Wellesley College (photo via Wellesley Fire Department)
Norfolk County Technical Rescue Team Drill at Wellesley College (photo via Wellesley Fire Department)

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