Nine Ducklings Rescued from Winchester Storm Drain

For five years, a duck named Baguette has come to the bushes in backyard to have her ducklings.

This year, Baguette, named by the bakery’s chef/owner Stephen Pazyra, had nine ducklings. However, on Friday morning, Baguette and her ducklings were nowhere to be found.

Two La Patisserie employees, Joevana Gilbert and Marylin Plank, eventually heard Baguette and the dad quacking away near the train station and went to go check on them. There, they found that all of Baguette’s nine ducklings had fallen into a storm drain and were trapped.

Gilbert and Plank called the Department of Public Works for help, but in the meantime, they were able to bring six of the ducklings to safety. Winchester’s water and sewer supervisor, Paul Gangi Jr., then arrived and saved the other three.

The ducklings were reunited with Baguette, and the family happily went on their way.