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Gwinnett cop climbs in sewer to save ducklings

Gwinnett police Sgt. Jake Smith stepped up and saved a group of ducklings from a sewer grate Saturday. (Credit: @GwinnettPD)
Gwinnett police Sgt. Jake Smith stepped up and saved a group of ducklings from a sewer grate Saturday. (Credit: @GwinnettPD)
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May 23, 2016

A Gwinnett County cop went below and beyond Saturday to rescue a group of fluffy ducklings from a sewer drain.

Around 7 p.m., someone alerted authorities that a mother duck was lingering around the drain at 1625 Pleasant Hill Road — behind Schlotzsky's Deli — "because her babies fell in." Sgt. Jake Smith sprung into action to save them.

Smith's name may be familiar to regular news consumers — he was a spokesman for the Gwinnett County Police Department for several years.

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