Firefighters rescue woman entangled by boa constrictor

Woman rescued from boa constrictor

SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio -- A woman called 911 in a panic Thursday with ample reason: A 5 1/2-foot-long boa constrictor she had rescued a day earlier had wrapped itself around her neck, was biting her face and wouldn't let go. "Please hurry," the frightened woman told a dispatcher. "He's biting my nose." Rescuers found the woman lying in the driveway of her home, the snake holding tight. A firefighter cut off the snake's head with a pocket knife and the 45-year-old woman was taken to a hospital for treatment. -- Associated Press