Eight-year-old Joe, who lives in the city of Oldenburg in northwestern Germany, disappeared from his front garden on June 17, sparking a huge police investigation. Image: Oldenburg police issue appeals on social media to help find Joe A passerby heard a soft whimper from the direction of a manhole cover in the early morning hours and called the emergency services. Rescuers rushed to the spot about 200 meters from his house and found Joe at the bottom of the sewer. A firefighter entered the sewer to get him out. The child was taken to the hospital with hypothermia, but did not suffer any serious injuries. His father told reporters that he was “doing well” given the circumstances. Police shared the news that Joe was found, writing on Twitter: “Eight-year-old Joe is alive!” Read more in Sky News: Girl burned badly in her leg after standing on a barbecue buried in the sand at Hamster Beach Police are investigating how the child was found in the sewer and whether they closed it intentionally. He could not lift the heavy manhole cover on his own, said police spokesman Stefan Klate. “It is understandable that he climbed into the labyrinth of the tunnel at another point in the branched canal system and crawled through the pipes,” he added. The entire sewer system is now being monitored by cameras.
