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Two siblings' happy romp in Russia's first autumn snows goes horribly wrong when a manhole cover flips beneath their feet and sends the little boy falling into the sewer! Miraculously, good Samaritan adults are just feet away and immediately launch a dramatic rescue.

Because this traumatizing accident was so completely preventable, local police have launched a full investigation into the controversially secured manhole cover.

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