ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- For once, there's a turkey giving thanks. The Asheville Fire Department was called after people walking a dog noticed a frantic hen turkey. An investigation found eight baby turkeys, or poults, stuck in a storm drain and calling for their mama. Firefighters had to call for backup to get equipment to get the drain cover off, and they found the poults in the middle of a pipe that runs under a road. Firefighters rounded up the babies and reunited them with the hen.
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