Update posted October 29, 9:20 p.m.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri man who was swept more than a mile through a sanitary sewer he was checking is improving at a Kansas city hospital.
Thirty-year-old Daniel Collins had been listed in critical condition after he was rescued Oct. 12 from a sewer system in suburban Raymore.
Collins remains at St. Luke's Hospital, where he was upgraded Friday to good condition. The hospital says he's been treated for hypothermia, severe respiratory failure and pneumonia.
The married father of three from Collins, Mo., was wearing a safety harness when he descended into the sewer. It's not known how he became untethered as he was swept by rushing water and sewage through the 27-inch pipe.
Collins spent about 90 minutes in the sewer system before rescuers checking manholes pulled him to safety.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri man is beginning to recover after being swept last week more than a mile through a sanitary sewer system where he'd been working.
St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City says 30-year-old Daniel Collins of Collins, Mo., was upgraded Thursday to serious condition. He had been in critical condition since he was swept through a 27-inch pipe Oct. 12 in the Kansas City suburb of Raymore.
Collins was in the sewer system for about 90 minutes before rescuers heard him and pulled him from a collector box.
The hospital says in a news release that Collins has been treated for hypothermia, severe respiratory failure and pneumonia.
He remains on a ventilator and is being treated with antibiotics, but the release also says he's responsive and hospital staff are encouraged by his progress.
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