VIDEO: A Colorado teen has been rescued from an abandoned missile silo after falling 30 feet inside early Sunday morning.
That teen is seriously injured, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, after responders from several agencies were at the silo near 82000 East County Road 22. That silo is near the town of Deer Trail, about 50 miles east of Denver.
The sheriff's office says the teen fell into that silo around 3:30 a.m. and now is safely outside. Rescue teams were able to get into that silo. Deer Trail Fire Chief Rich Loveless said he and crews from his department arrived in the night and called in additional resources to assist in a technical rescue.
He says the inherent dangers involved in the rescue meant they needed other agencies to assist with a "high-angle rescue," which involves lowering crews with ropes and other climbing gear and hoisting victims up the same way.