FORT OGLETHORPE — It took rescuers more than nine hours Tuesday to free a street preacher trapped inside a storm drain in Fort Oglethorpe. He had been stuck there for about a day, officials said.
During the entire operation, 22-year-old Thomas Loher was conscious and communicating with firefighters. He was reported missing by his family Tuesday morning.
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