How a Boy Got Stuck in a Chimney
In 2011, Richard and Sandy Draper came home to a surprising situation that would end up leaving their house partially destroyed. What happened? You’ll never believe it, but follow along anyway.
They returned to their Utah home from dinner one Friday evening around 7:30pm and when they got into the house they heard someone yelling.
At first they thought it was the sounds of kids playing in the backyard. But as they continued listening they realized the sound was coming from their chimney!
Sandy Draper could hear the sound of a voice in the chimney, so she yelled up the chimney, “Are you in the chimney?” And to her surprise 8-year-old Stephen Hopkins, who was stuck in their chimney, answered back.
They called the authorities and after an hour, and after the removal of one of their walls, the young boy was rescued. He was black from being covered in soot, but he was ok.
