External hard drive stuck in keyboard USB port

Hello everyone!
Last night, I plugged in an external hard drive to perform my first TimeMachine backup on my iMac (Lion). I plugged it in the USB port of the keyboard (not wireless), but now, I can't get it out of there!! Even hubby couldn't unplug it.
Any ideas on what the problem might be? We don't want to break anything...
Thanks in advance for your help! :)

if it's stuck then one could suspect that you connected it the wrong side up but
if you did it of cause would not be seen as a driver in osx
otherwise one could suspect that the cable was somehow deform
never heard about usb devices getting soo stuck so guys like your husbond cant pull them out :S

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