Missouri man gets trapped INSIDE porta-potty's waste tank forcing firefighters to stage grim rescue

Sign up for our US Editor's Picks newsletter to get all the biggest exclusive storiesSee more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 17:07 EDT, 16 July 2026 | Updated: 17:10 EDT, 16 July 2026 A Missouri man has been rescued after becoming trapped in a porta-potty waste tank, forcing disgusted firefighters cut him free.The Kansas City Fire Department was called to the scene in central Kansas City at around 11.20am on Tuesday, according to an alert from the Citizen app. Backup including an ambulance were summoned when the severity of the situation became clear.A video of the rescue, which was recorded by a man named Eddie Bejarano, has garnered millions of views on social media. Bejarano made a follow-up video explaining that he had gone to pick up eight porta-potty units when he saw that one of them was being used. He said he knocked on the door and told whoever was inside to hurry up before he heard someone 'playing with the water.' He then heard yelling inside and told the man to get out, and he replied that he could not. A police officer happened to pass by and asked if Bejarano needed help. He explained the situation and opened the porta-potty for the officer. 'At first we see no one in there. It looked like an empty unit, and then all of a sudden the toilet lid just popped open [and the] dude came out of the toilet f***ing wet, filled with poop,' Bejarano said. A Missouri man has been rescued after becoming trapped in a porta-potty waste tank Disgusted firefighters were forced to use an electric saw to cut a hole into the waste tank The disgusting aftermath of the rescue after a hole was cut into the porta-potty's waste tankThe officer then called the fire department, which began efforts to rescue the man. Bejarano's video begins after firefighters arrived and started cutting into the porta-potty's toilet bowl to make a larger opening for the trapped man to climb through. 'Come on, get on out of there,' someone out of frame can be heard telling the man as his hand can be seen reaching out of the bowl. The trapped man, who has not been identified, can be heard speaking inaudibly before it becomes possible to make out the words, 'I can't move my legs.' A firefighter then comes into frame, and with an audibly frustrated tone tells the man: 'Watch your f***ing self. Get way back. We're gonna cut all the way down.' Another firefighter can then be seen using an electric saw to cut away more of the waste tank wall beneath the toilet bowl.He then used his foot to try to push down a flap of the plastic he had cut from the wall, which caused a nasty liquid to splash up and onto his boot and pants. Multiple firefighters can then be heard groaning and exclaiming in disgust. 'God d*** it!' one of them shouted before another was heard gagging. One of the firefighters used his foot to push down a flap of the plastic he had cut with an electric saw When he removed his foot, the flap snapped up and splashed liquid on the firefighter's boot and pants Firefighters eventually freed the man, who was pictured getting hosed down next to a fire engine after he got outThe trapped man could be heard continuing to say that he could not get out while the exasperated firefighters kept barking orders at him to do so and suggesting ways for him to maneuver out. The back and forth continued for a couple of minutes as the firefighters and the trapped man both grew more frustrated and kept shouting at each other. At one point, a firefighter said: 'Lean your head through the hole!' The man replied: 'I can't, dumb f***!''I'm the dumb f*** while [you're] sitting in a f***ing urinal,' the firefighter said. The moment the man was freed from the waste tank was not captured on video, but a second recording showed him getting hosed down next to a fire engine after making it out.It is unclear how the man became trapped in the porta-potty's waste tank. The Daily Mail has reached out to the Kansas City Fire Department for comment.