Man Swallowed By Cesspool

[matcom]

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HUNTINGTON, N.Y. -- A 71-year-old man who went outside in the rain to pick up the Sunday newspaper plunged into a cesspool in his front yard, and his son and neighbor were sucked in when they tried to help.

The victims escaped, two with the help of firefighters, covered in raw sewage but not badly hurt.

Andrew Palladino said the soggy ground, soaked by two days of rain, gave way outside his Long Island home: "I walked across the lawn, and all of a sudden I disappeared."

He yelled to his wife for help, and she threw a rope and called their son, Dan, who lives with them. The son said the scene "was like a horror picture."

A neighbor who heard the commotion ran over to help -- but the ground gave way again, swallowing him and the son. The neighbor crawled out and passers-by tried to hold onto the others until the Huntington Fire Department arrived.

Firefighters secured the ground, lassoed Palladino and his son and dragged them out.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/8955390/detail.html

[Shine]

1. Well, THAT sucks!

:evilgrin:

[Sugar Smack]

2. Yeah, but was he naked?

:o

[kmla]

3. What a crappy way to start a day...

Bwahahahahaha!

:rofl:

[xchrom]

4. that may very well be the most perfect matcom news story ever.

or maybe teh one about the penis -- i'm not sure which.

[Catchawave]

5. Breaking: MSNBC is covering this !

Shouldn't this thread be in LBN :rofl:

:sarcasm:

Sorry, the timing of hearing it on the MSM and reading about it in the Lounge at the same time...what karma :loveya:

[no name no slogan]

6. Wow. Shit really DOES happen.

:hide:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

7. Shiiiiiiiiit!!!

Hope they had a good supply of T.P. on hand... :rofl:

[underpants]

8. C.H.U.D.s!!!!!!!!!!!

cesspool my ass :grr: it's them CHUDs!!!!

[DancingBear]

9. Well, there was this 6 year-old that I knew

and he was playing with a toy while the workmen were in the backyard cleaning out the septic tank. Of course ANY 6 year-old boy would be fascinated by the sight of a large truck and a pump and everything else that went along with the cleaning of a septic tank, and he was no different. So, when the opportunity came to sneak away from mom and peer into the hole in the ground that was made when the workmen took the giant cap off that was hidden under the grass he could not refuse. And when the toy fell in, and he bent just a WEE bit too far over....

Ah, what a sight. Thankfully, the septic tank was ALMOST empty, but I (I mean, he) still remember the sickening sound of foot, then ankle, then calf, then knee. He also remembers screaming neighbors, screaming mothers, helpful workmen, and many baths.

Sadly, he also remembers the loss of a perfectly good pair of Red Ball Jets, which my mother threw out.

Damn. :)

[YankeyMCC]

10. Did he ever get his paper?

I mean I hope he at least got to sit down and enjoy a leisurely sunday newspaper once he got cleaned up otherwise the day would've been a total loss.

[riona]

11. Help is on the way