Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe TüBINGEN, Germany, June 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. exchange student in Germany got himself stuck in a tight spot while visiting Tübingen University's institute for microbiology and virology on Friday. Twenty-two firefighters were called in to rescue the unnamed student after he got stuck in a giant vagina sculpture outside the institute. Advertisement The Chacán-Pi (Making Love) red marble statue by Peruvian artist Fernando de la Jara weights 32 tons and has been outside the institute since 2001. #Chacan [#Quechua: Act of lovemaking]+ π [#Greek: 'The infinite Deity always does #geometry'] http://t.co/PAwKsFY2Kp pic.twitter.com/AR2pvnqYP5— Jose R Rodriguez (@Metztli_IT) June 23, 2014 The sculpture is designed to represent "the gateway to the world." Firefighters were able to deliver the student to freedom without injuring him or the statue. "I was there!!! He just wanted to take a funny picture." witness Erick Guzman posted to Imgur. "The fire department was not really amused, and he was really embarrassed." Dude trapped in giant vagina statue in Germany. Been there done that. #22firefighterstofreehim pic.twitter.com/vmwsSjJ3pU Advertisement— Jerry Lang (@jlang14483) June 23, 2014 Read More 6-fingered family rooting for Brazil to win sixth World Cup New York's first openly gay congressman gets married Three Al Jazeera journalists jailed for seven years in Egypt Two people sentenced to jail for attacking mosque in Scotland with bacon Ousted American Apparel CEO Dov Charney plans lawsuit over termination