Boy, 13, survives being sucked into an Illinois storm drain and dragged half a ...
Boy, 13, survives being sucked into an Illinois storm drain and dragged half a mile as Midwest is battered by storms Sebastian Calderon was playing with his friend in Marissa, Illinois, by his home He went to get his football and was sucked into a drain; his friend ran for help Sebastian's mother was then sucked into the torrent and saved by her husband The group had to wait as he was swept into a tunnel, praying for his survival Sebastian was rescued on the other side of the tunnel by a fire fighter On Saturday in St Louis a 12-year-old girl died when she was swept away Aaeleya Carter was with three other children and one adult in their car The car was pushed from the road and Aaeleya was unable to escape the water
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A 13-year-old boy has spoken of his terror at getting sucked into a storm drain in Illinois and swept half a mile before he was rescued.
Sebastian Calderon was playing with his friend in front of his home in Marissa, Illinois, on Saturday when the current entrapped him.
'It was raining and we were just out here playing, and I was going to grab a ball and then just went underneath,' Sebastian said, speaking to WGN9 on Monday.
His friend, Xavier Trammeal, added: 'We were just right there trying to get the ball and he just went right in.'
The same day that Sebastian was swept away, a 12-year-old girl in St Louis, Aaeleya Carter, died when she was swept away in floodwaters.
The car she was in was swept off the road in a storm. Three
