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Woman gets stuck in vent while allegedly breaking into Houston home

Firefighters pulled the woman from the air vent. She appears to have suffered a broken leg.

HOUSTON — Firefighters rescued a woman after they say she got stuck in an air vent after breaking into a northeast Houston home early Friday.

This happened just after 4:30 a.m. at a home located in the 2300 block of Parker near Aldine Westfield.

Firefighters say the woman some home climbed on top of the vacant home and got stuck in the air vent. Someone then heard her call for help.

Firefighters pulled the woman from the air vent after 20 minutes. She appears to have suffered a broken leg.

Firefighters say they’ve never seen anything like this before, Apparently, she told them she has no idea how she got on the roof or in the vent.

She also didn’t say much to the man who got her help.

“Whatcha doing in there? Are you stealing? She didn’t say anything, she said I need a bottle of water, and I said well, I don’t have a bottle of water, but I’m calling 911, and that’s the way it was,” Arthur Reyes said.

She was transported to a local hospital.

But she may be facing some charges later on. Police are now investigating this as a break in.

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