EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- A man and a pay phone were rushed to a hospital after he got his finger stuck in the coin return slot while trying to retrieve his 50 cents.

Emergency room doctors gave Emanuel Fleming a painkiller Monday and pried his middle finger loose using a wooden device and lubricant, ending the three-hour ordeal.

"The bone in my finger felt like it was going to break. My finger was numb. It was very painful," said Fleming, an elementary school janitor.

Fleming had tried to call his wife, but the line was busy. Two passers-by tried to help. When they failed to free him, Fleming used his other hand to dial 911.

Emergency crews and a representative of the company that owns the phone were sent to the scene. But they were also unable to free Fleming.

The phone was near a busy bus stop.

"People on the bus who know me were laughing at me," Fleming said.

With few options left, ambulance crew members cut the telephone off at the base and took it and Fleming to St. Mary's Hospital.

"I've been in this business more than 30 years and I've seen a lot of weird things, but never anyone trapped in a telephone," said Herb Simmons, manager of the ambulance company.

I would be ashamed to be alive if that happened to me

thats what happens whn you fuck with 50 cent, you end up in the hospital

but the real question is, what was 50 cent doing in a phone booth with another man, hidding in the coin tray? i think he was set up by ja rule

I think that's where 50 cent keeps all of his little chimpanzee babies. He was just feeding them and was going to leave right after. But noooo a man can't feed his own babies without some other guy ramming him finger into his business.

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Woot Woot

Lol. @ The Manager Of The Ambulance Company.
His Name Is Herb. Lol

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NwPirrelivance: peyo is the worst rapper ever
NwPirrelivance: lmao
Me: yes lol
NwPirrelivance: did you hear his audio?
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NwPirrelivance: worse
NwPirrelivance: i cant find it
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Me: damn i wanted a laugh
NwPirrelivance: i could do a better audio with my text, the sound of me typing would be doper than his audio