A group of ducklings was rescued Wednesday night from a fountain outside Fifth Third Field by passers-by.
The cries of the ducklings attracted the attention of people who were leaving the Dayton Dragons game.
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The mother was in an elevated section of the fountain that the ducklings couldn't reach. They were stuck in a part of the water canals they couldn't escape.
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The quick-thinking citizens used baseball caps to retrieve some of the babies.
The rescuers helped corral the ducklings to a spot where they were scooped up and reunited with their mother.
Mom and her babies waddled away to put a happy ending on this duck tale.
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