NEW YORK -- A New York man is in stable condition Tuesday after spending two days trapped under newspapers, magazines and books in his apartment. Posted on 12/31/2003 1:59:43 PM PST by The Raven
NEW YORK -- A New York man is in stable condition Tuesday after spending two days trapped under newspapers, magazines and books in his apartment.
Patrice Moore, 43, said he called for help when the mountain of mail, books and other paper items collapsed on him Saturday. However no one heard him.
He was found at 1:45 p.m. Monday by his landlord.
Emergency workers, neighbors and about 20 firefighters dug through the debris to reach Moore, filling 50 garbage bags with paper. He was freed at about 2:15 p.m.
Moore is hospitalized with leg injuries.
The incident recalled the legendary case of the Collyer brothers, who in 1947 were discovered dead in their house in Harlem after one of the brothers was found trapped under a pile of papers and the other died of starvation.
PS - this is the legendary case of the Collyer brothers mentioned above.
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