The delicate operation lasted several hours.
Thirty-two firefighters were mobilized on Tuesday to rescue a professional diver near Lyon.
The man, who was working on the Pierre-Bénite dam, was suddenly sucked in by a siphon from the lock in the middle of the morning, reports France 3. Having had his leg blocked, the diver got stuck, trapped ten meters away. depth.
To pick it up, the rescuers had to lower the water level.
The time of the intervention, the man was supplied with oxygen thanks to an Ariadne's thread.
He was able to be extirpated in the afternoon, not without difficulty but safe and sound.
However, he was taken to the hospital for some tests.
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