A dozen firefighters worked for nearly an hour to rescue a worker whose leg became submerged in a hole filled with water and sand in the South Shore neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon.

       The woman, who was not injured and declined medical attention, was part of a crew replacing a water main in the 6700 block of South East End Avenue about 1 p.m. when it happened, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.

       “It was like quicksand, like a vacuum holding her leg in so we had to carefully work to get the water and debris out of the way to pull her out without injury,” Langford said.

       Twitter updates from the Fire Department showed about a dozen firefighters trying to get her to safety. By about 2 p.m. they pulled her from the liquid trap.

       Aside from feeling cold, the worker said she “felt fine” and the scene was cleared shortly after, Langford said.

       No one knows why it happened but the Water Department will be investigating, according to Langford.

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