Video: Tenn. Police Rescue Missing Girl Trapped in Storm Drain

Aug. 14, 2023

Bartlett police found a missing 11-year-old girl stuck in a storm drain, and drone footage captured officers and firefighters pulling her out unharmed.

Joe Vince

Police and firefighters in Tennessee rescued a missing 11-year-old girl who was trapped in a storm drain Sunday.

Isabella Jackson had been reported missing to Bartlett police at around 9 a.m., WATN-TV reports. After an exhaustive search, the girl was found in a storm drain and unable to escape.

"This is the actual drone video of Bartlett Officers and Bartlett, TN Fire Department locating and recovering a missing child from a storm drain this morning," stated the police department in a social media update. "Awesome job by our teams and we are so happy the child was safe."

The girl was uninjured in the incident.

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Joe Vince

Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.