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Sinkhole Swallows Man, 80, As He Goes for Morning Newsp... - 10/31/2011 7:42:08 PM    David Fertig   Posts: 693 Joined: 3/26/2010 Status: offline Sinkhole Swallows Man, 80, As He Goes for Morning Newspaper An 80-year-old man who went out to get his morning newspaper fell into an 8-foot sinkhole that opened up in his Long Island lawn. Michael Ciron was not seriously injured in his Sunday morning ordeal, and even boasted that he managed to hang onto the papers, according to Newsday. He yelled for his daughter, who woke up and came to his aid by calling police and firefighters to the Oceanside home. Ciron, who was wearing slippers, found himself stuck in wet, shifting sand. "It was scary down there," he told Newsday. By the time rescuers arrived, Ciron had managed to pull himself up so that his head was above ground, Newsday reported. The fire department pulled him out with a web harness. Ciron figures the sinkhole may have been the site of an old well or cesspool that opened up after Saturday's wet, snowy weather. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Sinkhole Swallows Man, 80, As He Goes for Morning N... - 10/31/2011 7:48:58 PM    blobbottlebob Posts: 3663 Joined: 12/20/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline Sorry to sound insensitive - and I'm glad he came through it okay - but were any bottles found? (in reply to David Fertig) Post #: 2

RE: Sinkhole Swallows Man, 80, As He Goes for Morning N... - 10/31/2011 8:30:14 PM    MIdigger   Posts: 767 Joined: 3/3/2010 Status: offline Yep, my thoughts: throw me a flashlight and a 3 prong. (in reply to blobbottlebob) Post #: 3

RE: Sinkhole Swallows Man, 80, As He Goes for Morning N... - 10/31/2011 9:11:40 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Yeah, glad he's okay, but it needs to be excavated!  Nice to have the hole already opened up for you. _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to MIdigger) Post #: 4

RE: Sinkhole Swallows Man, 80, As He Goes for Morning N... - 10/31/2011 9:22:56 PM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4300 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline I see concrete... I say fill it back in, preferably with no human occupants... _____________________________ Looking for bottles from Glen Ridge, Montclair, Bloomfield, Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange, and if I like 'em, any other bottles from Essex County NJ! Also Manahawkin NJ! Message me if you want to find them a new home. (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 5

RE: Sinkhole Swallows Man, 80, As He Goes for Morning N... - 11/1/2011 2:37:50 AM    rockbot Posts: 3491 Joined: 6/17/2009 From: Hilo, Hawaii Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: blobbottlebob Sorry to sound insensitive - and I'm glad he came through it okay - but were any bottles found? if they were its lost in the shifting sands! _____________________________ " Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason" Samuel Clemens (in reply to blobbottlebob) Post #: 6

RE: Sinkhole Swallows Man, 80, As He Goes for Morning N... - 11/1/2011 4:01:17 AM    andy volkerts Posts: 795 Joined: 1/10/2005 From: Sacramento, California Status: offline Prolly just like quicksand in that hole........... _____________________________ wanted....All cure bottles not already in my collection.....And a few meds from San Francisco (in reply to rockbot) Post #: 7

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