Strange banging and yelling from men's bathroom wall unnerved theater employee—then firefighters made unbelievable discovery
Some moments might feel like they have come straight out of a movie. A theatre staff member who heard banging and yelling from inside a wall had a similar feeling. But such situations might warrant a closer look regardless. The staff realized that a man was trapped inside the wall and was yelling for help to get out of there. Soon enough, they called the fire department, which helped the man get out of the wall after a lot of effort, per the Syracuse Fire Department's Facebook post.
The incident happened back in 2021. The theatre staff had entered the premises to start their day's work when they heard noises from behind the men's room wall around 7:30 in the morning. The incident happened at the Landmark Theatre located at 326 South Salina Street. The workers called the fire department and informed them that a person was trapped inside the wall. "Theatre employees called 911 after hearing someone banging on the wall and yelling for help. It is believed that the person, an adult male, entered the theatre 2-3 days ago," the department explained. They were not able to find out how the man gained access to the area and got trapped in the first place.
"Upon arrival, members of Rescue Company 1 drilled a hole in the wall and utilized a fiber-optic camera to determine his exact location and how to best extricate him," the post went on. The team carefully cut through layers of drywall and structural clay tile to get to the man. They eventually managed to locate him and get him out of the place safely. "He was treated and transported to Upstate University Hospital by AMR." They didn't know how the man was doing at that time. In the photos with the post, one could see the fire department at work, trying to cut through the wall carefully. There was a large hole in the wall beside the bathroom door, made to get the man out of the place where he was trapped.
The workers called 911 on a Friday and the man was seen entering the theatre on a Tuesday, per WBTV. The staff had asked the man what he was doing inside, but the person walked past them and went straight to the men's restroom. They looked for him inside for some time. Eventually, when they couldn't find the man, the staff thought that the man must have left the building without being noticed. The police believed that the man must have gotten into the cramped space to hide or seek shelter before getting trapped there. The man had no noticeable injuries when he was checked at the hospital, per the outlet.
He was doing fine and didn't have any past record against him. He might have been going through a mental illness, according to the department and was naked when they found him. "We’re glad that he was able to call out to us. I’m glad that we had staff present to hear him. I’m glad that the Syracuse Fire Department was able to rescue him," Mike Intaglietta, executive director of the Landmark Theatre, told the source. People appreciated the fire department for their rescue work in the comments section of the post. Charlie Foster wrote, "Poor guy. Glad they got him out." Rick Kelly shared, "We had a job like that years ago at Bryn Mawr College. A girl inside the wall in the Dean's house. She was there for days. She fell down from the attic."