This story deserves a funnier headline.  Any suggestions from budding comedians?

From AL.com:

A Huntsville man found a trip to the gas pump to be more than just painful to his wallet Wednesday afternoon.

Dwight Clark was in the parking lot of Medical Arts Pharmacy apparently trying to clear some gunk from around the opening to his gas tank with his finger when it became stuck, said Huntsville Fire & Rescue Capt. Nolen Locke.

After folks at the pharmacy on Whitesburg Drive couldn’t help with his dilemma, Huntsville Fire & Rescue, the Madison County Rescue Squad and HEMSI were called.

“His finger went in past the knuckle and was stuck,” Locke said. “People had sprayed WD40 all over, but that didn’t work.”

Without cutting the metal, Locke said they tried several ways to free Clark because he didn’t want them damage this truck.

Eventually, though, the rescuers had to cut the quarter-panel.

“We started with a Sawzall, but the vibrations made it too painful for him,” Locke said. “Then we used tin snips to finish it.”

Locke said it took about 25 minutes to get the fuel valve out, with Clark still stuck. He was taken to Huntsville Hospital by HEMSI where doctors worked to free his finger.

Though firefighters are called out on some unusual calls during the course of the day, this was out of the ordinary for Locke.

“I’ve been a firefighter for 16 years and I’ve never seen anything like it before,” he said.

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