WEBVTT RURAL PARTS OF OUR STATE, A WATERVILLE TEENAGER IS RECOVERING AT HOME - AFTER BEING RESCUED FROM A DEEP HOLE THIS WEEKED. 15-YEAR-OLD DIAS (DEE-ISS) GREENE WAS EXPLORIG ALONG THE SOUTH END ISLAND TRAIL NEAR THE KENNEBEC RIVER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO A HOLE LEFT BY AN UPROOTED TEE. FORTUNATELY, HE WAS WITH A FREND WHO CALLED 9-1-1 SO RESCUERS COULD PULL HIM OUT. DIAS' MOTHER SAYS IT'S HER HOUSEHOLD RULE THAT HE HAS TO HAVE A FRIEND AND A CELL PHONE WITH HIM WHEN HE GOES OUT "I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE BECAUSE I CAN'T SIT TERE AND GO, OH NO, JUST STAY I THE HOUSE AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES ALL DAY. I WANT HIM TO BE OUTSIDE. I WANT HIM TO BE PLYING, AND THAT'S WHAT HE LOVES TO DO." "YEAH, JUST BRUISED RIB, ANKL, AND MAYBE A STUFFY NOSE BECAUSE OF THE COLD. BUT NOTHING TOO SERIOUS." DIAS WAS DOWN THERE FOR ABOUT TWENTY MINUT
Waterville teenager rescued from deep hole describes rescue
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Updated: 8:16 AM EST Jan 8, 2019
Dias Greene, 15, was exploring the South End Island Trail near the Kennebec River when he slipped into a hole created by an uprooted tree."I thought it was solid ground there where I stepped," Greene said. "So I stepped there, and I slipped in."The hole was deep and narrow, with icy water and snow at the bottom. Dias was stuck. Fortunately, he wasn't alone."Adrenaline kicks in, and you're trying to pull yourself out," he said, saying a friend calmed him down, "Every time I tried to pull myself out, I kept sinking and sinking."His friend helped Dias reach his cellphone to call 911 and then guided rescuers back to the hole. Meanwhile, Dias' mother, Annastasia Greene, heard that her son was trapped."I'm a mom, so worst-case scenario ran through my head," she said. "I thought ice, I thought he fell in the river. I was completely frantic until the rescuers kind of calmed me down and were like, 'He's all right, he's conscious, he's talking.'"After around 20 minutes in the hole, Dias was lifted to safety.It wasn't coincidence that Dias had a friend with him to go for help. His mother has a household rule that he has to be with a friend, and have a cellphone, to go exploring.
WATERVILLE, Maine — Dias Greene, 15, was exploring the South End Island Trail near the Kennebec River when he slipped into a hole created by an uprooted tree.
"I thought it was solid ground there where I stepped," Greene said. "So I stepped there, and I slipped in."
The hole was deep and narrow, with icy water and snow at the bottom. Dias was stuck. Fortunately, he wasn't alone.
"Adrenaline kicks in, and you're trying to pull yourself out," he said, saying a friend calmed him down, "Every time I tried to pull myself out, I kept sinking and sinking."
His friend helped Dias reach his cellphone to call 911 and then guided rescuers back to the hole. Meanwhile, Dias' mother, Annastasia Greene, heard that her son was trapped.
"I'm a mom, so worst-case scenario ran through my head," she said. "I thought ice, I thought he fell in the river. I was completely frantic until the rescuers kind of calmed me down and were like, 'He's all right, he's conscious, he's talking.'"
After around 20 minutes in the hole, Dias was lifted to safety.
It wasn't coincidence that Dias had a friend with him to go for help. His mother has a household rule that he has to be with a friend, and have a cellphone, to go exploring.
