Firefighters came to the rescue of a midwife in desperate need when her wedding ring got stuck on her swollen finger.
On Tuesday March 8, Lynn Metcalf’s ring finger began turning blue after a flare up of a joint condition. Lynn, from East Herrington in Sunderland, has a medical condition which can attack any joint in her body – including her ring finger.
Her 25th wedding anniversary ring became stuck and after multiple attempts of her normal methods to soothe the joint and get the ring off, it still wouldn’t budge. The 59-year-old midwife then called Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service’s (TWFRS) Farringdon Community Fire Station in the hopes they would be able to get the ring removed quickly.
