Colorado teen rescued after falling 30 feet into abandoned missile silo

[@13Liberty50]

learning history the hard way

[@you2angel1]

😆

[@beatricerigaud8942]

I’m glad all teens have been given citation even the one who fell and is hospitalized. No Trespassing means danger!

[@thisisgettingold]

And thousands who went before and didn't get injured and had a blast have no criminal charges.

[@cgschow1971]

not always.

[@mrbyamile6973]

This is what teenagers do. I think this is typically boy behavior as I and most my friends did similar things as a teenager. There must be some psychological urge to explore that is ingrained into our brains. This might also explain why video games are so intriguing, the exploration aspect. It's good to see teenagers out exploring instead of staring at a screen.

[@TheosLogos]

I would expect someone with this opinion to have a name like Beatrice, im sure you are lovely to live next to.

[@chart461]

I am glad that no one died and that they were able to be rescued. I should learn no trespassing means just exactly that.

[@meetmehalfway7982]

"I should learn..."?

[@DelcoTrash]

thanks for the fantastic comment

[@blak3brutus229]

⁠@@meetmehalfway7982probably typed u but it got autotyped to I, why are you so stupid that you couldn’t discern that? Are you a voter I really hope not, cause you lack basic deductive reasoning. And I mean in elementary school basic English level, I care not for grammer punctuations and spelling like losers on Reddit do, as it doesn’t do anything to showcase iq, but what you say does.

[@diannau3215]

Teenagers have been going out there for over 20 years.

[@Renard380]

It only takes one to ruin it for everyone else

[@cgschow1971]

I thought the landowner sealed that site off a few years back.

[@Tuxedomakdarien]

@@cgschow1971 He has multiple times. People keep cutting or breaking the gates off. He welded it shut.

[@cgschow1971]

​@Tuxedomakdarien I'm aware of that "gate". I thought it they buried it for good.

[@Tom-sj3vn]

@@cgschow1971why isn’t he tearing it down?

[@jamiegallier2106]

They really made the place sound cool to explore lol

[@cgschow1971]

I've been in one. They really are incredible structures, but use caution. Scrappage has left missing guardrails, open elevator shafts, sharp metal, asbestos, missing floor panels, and nasty water.

[@shambles3458]

My elementary school was more complex than this place.

[@carloszamudio4492]

Excellently said, leave it alone humans...

[@scar3xcr0]

I snuck in that silo too with a bunch of friends when I was a teenager. 1000s of teenagers have its like a right of passage. Too bad one slip up is going to ruin it for everyone.

[@Chad-Giga.]

Ouch he will be very unpopular after this

[@toocutepuppies6535]

His family should be paying for that rescue.

[@Autofleet4429]

they do with their taxes, thats why they pay them

[@meetmehalfway7982]

No. This was a foolish activity, but I categorically disagree with you.

[@Autofleet4429]

@@meetmehalfway7982 You can disagree with me all you want, but the fact of the matter is that they (the family of the kids) do pay for the services used in this rescue with their taxes.

[@coolfizzin]

​@@Autofleet4429Taxes don't cover expenses like this. Plus, when you take away the price tag from public view, it only encourages people to be wasteful. I recognize that kids don't always listen even to good parents, but parents need to be held accountable when kids do things this dumb. Otherwise, it's likely that they will let him do something stupid again.

[@GOBRADON502]

No Trespassing means no trespassing therefore the owner is not liable which is a good thing.

[@philip7343]

We did this as kids in washington state except the tunnels were all flooded so it kept us out. Thank god

[@cgschow1971]

Only part of that complex is flooded, mostly the launcher area. There are, or used to be scuba expeditions in that silo.

[@anthonynicholson5523]

Good job rescuers!

[@Watk72]

It builds character for the boy.

[@ktyle778]

F around and Found out

[@camojoe83]

Guaranteed he's got an "abandoned exploration" channel. I think if you find someone like this with a camera doing this for social media, you should leave them.

[@stevedemoe1359]

👍😄

[@mizzury54]

We did crap like this when I was a teen back in the sixties and seventies and we didn't need any outside motivation other than being inquisitive teens. This is nothing new at all.

[@camojoe83]

@@mizzury54 who said it was? It's just far more common for people that can't handle it to try it now because they can get attention online for it.

[@RideRedRacer]

You're pathetic. You want to let a kid suffer and die because he was exploring an area? Listen to yourself

[@mwhe3111]

Oughta make him pay the rescuers back.

[@RecycleddVidss]

this is so gross to say.

[@WildflowerAnn]

Why aren’t these places STILL fenced off with Constantine wire and No Trespassing signs. I know you’re gonna say kids will climb fences, but these places are wide open.

[@createone100]

Why aren’t these things de-commissioned and the environment restored? This is military-industrial pollution on a big scale.

[@JSMCPN]

It's just a hole in the ground. It would create more pollution and waste more energy to destroy it.

[@RealMTBAddict]

​@@JSMCPNjust plug up the 12" hole!

[@cgschow1971]

Too expensive to demolished. Most are in private hands, some are owned by local governments. Not all of them are truly abandoned.

[@JSMCPN]

@@RealMTBAddict Just keep away from 12" holes that don't belong to you! Maybe the owner wants to preserve the site. I hope the kids learned a lesson, but they'll probably forget it in short order and end up winning early Darwin awards.

[@jtbuilds9176]

"One juvenile who was 18, that would make him an adult"

[@lisastevens682]

When those missiles were "pulled".... why were those sites not imploded??!! There would be no more silos nor tunnels and the danger gone... Just the fence and memories of a bygone era.

[@cgschow1971]

There was no reason to. These Titan 1 site pre-date the SALT treaty, so they weren't required to be destroyed. They were sold at GSA sales or deeded back to original landowners. Almost all were scrapped to some degree, which makes exploring them dangerous if you don't exercise good judgment.

[@williamelewis464]

on the next episode of hold my beer...Darwin should have won this round

[@mizzury54]

Wow how original. Where in the world did you come up with this gem ?

[@FatzShvly-yx7vf]

Good job search and rescue

[@mari189ful]

They need to put a better gate. That one looks horrible and anyone can get through.

[@richardw3470]

They do have a better gate - it says No Trespassing. CO schools need to improve the teaching of reading comprehension.

[@timothyshortnacy7550]

Seems those should be sealed off so that they are not accessible at all.

[@rollerdaddy]

nooo

[@sheerwillsurvival2064]

We work in an area where there’s lots of silos. But we never trained on them even though they have been there for years

[@wardrobelion]

They need to clean up those sites.

[@cgschow1971]

Many have had some form of remediation, such as plugging wells and filling the diesel tanks with grout, but due to the sheer scale of these sites, it's way more cost effective to seal them than demolish them. A company tried to demo one in South Dakota. They never finished. Tough structures.

[@Chad-Giga.]

Sounds like that’s not even possible, they should refurbish them if anything

[@Michael-fe9ef]

@@Chad-Giga. Way to costly to refurbish these kind of sites. There is a lot that goes on into one of these sites as they are massive in size so its cheaper to just seal them up and never look back. You can find videos and pictures on how big these things can be. Here is a video from 8 years ago on this site kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppbZhXqMnLBpd5o

[@reelshawnbradly3069]

He had to go through quite a bit of effort to nearly become a Darwin award winner...

[@mrbyamile6973]

This is what teenagers do. I think this is typically boy behavior as I and most my friends did similar things as a teenager. There must be some psychological urge to explore that is ingrained into our brains. This might also explain why video games are so intriguing, the exploration aspect. It's good to see teenagers out exploring instead of staring at a screen.

[@Salmon2391]

Went here with my friends in 2008 before graduation , lame it will be closed down now

[@T1nTodd]

This place sounds awesome. Glad they told me where it is. Is it for sale?

[@AliceBowie]

Dude, there's thousands of abandoned missile silos in Colorado and other places. I don't know about buying them, but I know people have bought them before, and renovated them into awesome spaces. An acid chemist bought one and made a lab in one. The only down side to living there is they're all probably targets in case of nuclear war. Then again, in case of nuclear war, Colorado will be gone anyway.

[@heathermetz6576]

2:32 "It's history, let it be history."

[@fok8810]

this is why i stay inside

[@LB-vc5wb]

And now the parents will have a $60k helicopter ambulance bill to pay in addition to all the medical bills…

[@edgarorozco5917]

Imma go explore it now

[@brianingle7535]

It's a good thing she didn't tell everybody where they should go to see the place.

[@ritaturner9906]

I think besides sealing it up, they need to put a high fence around.

[@coolfizzin]

No fence is large enough to stop someone who is dead-set on being stupid. What we need is to hold idiots accountable.

[@ritaturner9906]

@@coolfizzin that too. A teen can be charged with DUI, vandalism, etc. why did 7 teens get off with a slap on the wrist.

[@you2angel1]

Oh dear might have to make the silos "young & stupid" proof. Glad to learn the young man isn't killed. °~•.☆.•~°

[@RealMTBAddict]

Crawling through a 12" gap? Not very smart.

[@Litvagopnik]

Send the parents the bill. No reason we should have to foot that for their stupidity.

[@darcymiller9308]

If you want to be idiots, you shouldn't expect rescuers to risk themselves for you

[@gdiup9241]

Charge then!!!!

[@GOBRADON502]

Well I'm glad they all got charged and I'm also glad that they can't sue the owners because they passed the no trespassing sign.

[@Campers_Anonymous]

I’ll buy those silos if it’s up for sale!! Those things look great for a doomsday bunker lol

[@mineown1861]

Warning signs are magnets for the stupid.

[@ritaturner9906]

I’m wondering who called for help. Were the other 7 teens trapped? Not even firemen radios worked in there.

[@RecycleddVidss]

not all the teens were trapped inside, only the one who fell and two of the friends who stayed with him until help arrived. everyone else evacuated and called for help outside.

[@ritaturner9906]

@@RecycleddVidss so even though the one fell 30 feet, two were able to maneuver 30 feet to get to him? I’m glad two stayed with him. Those are some true friends. Being a mile in the tunnel.

[@RecycleddVidss]

@@ritaturner9906 I know! It is a miracle that they were able to get themselves down there to them. Who knows what the outcome could have been if they hadn’t.

[@kevinklein9565]

Sue the gov. Also, did he see some secrets down there?

[@ClaytonRusher]

It finally happened

[@Tom-sj3vn]

Why waste tax dollars doing this? They read the no trespassing sign.

[@bandittelevision]

😂 they really try to make the situation sound as dangerous as possible😂

[@kskeel1124]

Are they going to be charged?

[@Skylizard-vb7wl]

“Charged” with that $20,000 medical helicopter bill!

[@billgraham861]

@@Skylizard-vb7wl you'd make a good capitalist tool

[@t.h.8475]

There was an episode of 911 where someone fell into an abandoned silo.

[@cgschow1971]

Might have been the Chico site in the early 90s. There was a college student that fell down an open shaft in one of the equipment terminals and into the water. Friends CPRed her until firefighters got there.

[@themaninthearena2277]

10 Yards. Not that high

[@sturmovik1274]

What base did these silos belong to back in the day? I wasn't aware of any ex-ICBM sites in Colorado except F.E.Warren.

[@cgschow1971]

Lowry

[@sturmovik1274]

@@cgschow1971 ty

[@CraigSkabo]

There are MANY sites in Eastern Colorado

[@cgschow1971]

​@@CraigSkaboThere are 6 of these sites with 3 silos each.

[@infinitymystery21G]

Life is just scary random

[@kobrapromotions]

No, this an example of FAFO

[@RoseMagee-l9v]

why did you guys thwart natural selection?

[@russelmurray9268]

We should never explore, climb mountains, scuba diving or surfing is to dangerous.

[@Panzerelch]

So thats where the black suvs came from when the cable to these sites were damaged.

[@AnnaAnnieAnneofGreenGables]

Why would they go through tunnels and not the same way the boy fell?

[@dotcassilles1488]

You never know when going down on top of the patient you might make something fall down and injure them further. The condition of the sides of the shafts might be unstable and risk the rescuers ending up needing rescue as well. Think of possible risks like bad air (not enough oxygen left in the hole), lighting needs, etc as well. Also you have to think of how much equipment is needed to rescue the patient and how many rescuers are needed to move someone in a stretcher who is basically dead weight (meaning that they can't help you get themselves out). Stretcher, first aid kit, oxygen bottle, splints, and anything else you might need all weigh more than one person can carry. If the sides of the shafts are unstable you can't simply lower a rescuer and all the equipment. You also have to factor in the time it takes to assemble the team and equipment and get them to the patient versus how bad the injuries could be, how long they have been laying down not moving much, what they landed on at the bottom.... The rescuers would have done a risk assessment and made a plan for worse case scenario, tried to think of everything that might go wrong and try to eliminate, mitigate and manage the risks. Each job has slightly different risks even if they are basically rescuing someone from a deep hole. Blessings from South Eastern Australia, Dot

[@cgschow1971]

How would that help? Have you ever seen the layout of one of these complexes? How else were they supposed to pull him out?

[@AnnaAnnieAnneofGreenGables]

@@cgschow1971 I'm just asking.

[@cgschow1971]

​@@AnnaAnnieAnneofGreenGablesFair enough. The tunnels are the only way to access the silo where the boy fell. There is no surface access to the propellant and equipment silos and the massive 400 ton missile silo doors were permanently closed decades ago.

[@chanvalentine8283]

The Cold War strikes again.

[@nadagabri5783]

Yes Don’t EXPLORE sites that the GOV tells you not to and definitely DON’T ASK QUESTIONS or be curious !!!!

[@geniferteal4178]

The Simpsons predicted this😢

[@AnnaAnnieAnneofGreenGables]

Sounds like tunnels of bs actually I have many questions

[@mizzury54]

I need more details of what stands out as BS.

[@cgschow1971]

You've obviously never been in one of these, nor bothered to Google one, so yes, it's BS to you.

[@maxinenall9950]

No sympathy for these Idiots who commit crimes and then expect law enforcement to come save them 😠 That kid and his friends need to pay for ALL the time and equipment that was used to rescue him 😠

[@nadagabri5783]

commit crimes ? Geeze your sense of exploration, adventure and curiosity died & dried up LONG AGO

[@Peter_Tissot]

so much cash wasted on this hoodling. Will he return the favour and clean up the graffiti he sprayed there? I doubt it.

[@AnnaAnnieAnneofGreenGables]

Weird

[@waltbello176]

I miss being a kid. Getting lost with my brothers in the hills catching rattle snakes. Are little brothers will follow us in diapers. And we would send them home and somehow we always made it go

[@mostlyends]

Abandoned? No one owns the land?

[@chart461]

They were trespassing, who owns the land does not matter.

[@mostlyends]

@@chart461 if someone owns the land, then how would it be abandoned????? It can't be trespassing if it is abandoned because no one owns it.

[@meetmehalfway7982]

@@mostlyends ​ @chart461 Trespassing, because signs were posted that would lead any reasonable person to believe they would be trespassing; however, will anyone press the charges, I don't know.

[@Jay-is2jy]

They probably mean it's no longer used as a missile silo... property isn't abandoned but it's no longer functional

[@mostlyends]

@@Jay-is2jy yes, defunct is a better adjective. Far be it from us to ask the media to use the proper words... LOL

[@godpanz9354]

ARAPAHOE

[@randysummerhays4168]

They should have gave him a chalkboard and made him write a thousand times I promise not to go into an abandoned missile silo anymore before they got him out

[@Dr-dikhead]

he dead, they took too long lol

[@robbyramone6920]

Why wasn’t this silo sealed or filled

[@cgschow1971]

It was decommissioned in 1965. The safety of meddling kids was far from anybodys' minds. It was more cost effective for the government to auction them off to private owners and local governmments with repurposing potential than to spend money on demolition. There was a contractor who started demolishing one in Sturgis for steel scrap. Appears they gave up mid way through. These are meant to survive a nuclear blast, so they are built solid.

[@Surge_LaChance]

​@cgschow1971 It could still be sealed though.

[@Sl20]

I was expecting to see the rescue but yeah this bunch of meetings did the job!!!!🫢🔴🤫but I wonder why not a give a better use to those places, so many veterans without a home !!!sad !!,🫢🔴🤫