Former mayor, Chris Cummins speaks of his nightmare ordeal after being stuck for almost a week without food or water.
Mr Cummins, who is the ex-mayor of Redbridge, near Essex, had lost his phone, so could only cry out for help.
But there were very few people coming and going at the football club, as it was often too cold to play at that time of year."It's almost as though saliva in my mouth was acting in place of water. It sort of helped me through in a way," said Mr Cummins.He was also thankful it was dry, as he had just a thin cagoule on to keep him warm in the winter temperatures.
But finally, on the fifth day of his nightmare, Mr Cummins's weak cries were heard by the football club's chairman Ricky Eaton.At first Mr Eaton, who was checking a potential leak on the clubhouse's roof, thought the noises were coming from colleagues playing a prank on him. He said:"We found him face down... obviously we didn't know how long he had been there for, so we asked him a few questions and we gathered he'd been there for a long time. So we called the emergency services, who came straight away.Mr Eaton immediately fetched Mr Cummins a glass of water with a straw."I told him 'don't drink too much at one time', he started bringing it back up," said Mr Eaton.
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