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Brooklyn sidewalk caves in, swallows woman
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| 12/5/06
Posted on 12/05/2006 6:03:10 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
Brooklyn sidewalk caves in, swallows woman
Tue Dec 5, 3:57 AM ET
NEW YORK - A woman out walking Monday was swallowed by the sidewalk when it caved in under her.
The woman, 64, fell into a sinkhole about 5 feet by 2 feet wide and about 5 feet deep in front of a house in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn.
Firefighters rushed to the woman's aid, using metal hooks to pull concrete chunks off her before strapping her to a stretcher and removing her from the hole.
The woman, who had just picked up her two grandchildren from a nearby dance school and gone to a grocery store, was taken to a hospital Monday evening and was expected to be OK, firefighters said. She chuckled when they commented on how her groceries had spilled into the hole, they said.
The people who live in the house said it appeared the foundation under the sidewalk had been washed away.
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To: Mr. Brightside
She chuckled when they commented on how her groceries had spilled into the hole..... ....thinking about how the city is going to be buying her groceries from now on. :o)
To: Mr. Brightside
Bush's Fault!!!
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:07:34 AM PST
by
69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: Mr. Brightside
She chuckled when they commented on how her groceries had spilled into the hole, they said. Brooklyn sez: Our 64-year-old women can kick you 64-year-old women's butts!
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:07:40 AM PST
by
bondjamesbond
(Many Americans are invested in a US failure in Iraq, and will work diligently to bring it about.)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
No, it's time to turn on the '08 GOP candidates,
GUILIANI's FAULT!........
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:10:40 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: Mr. Brightside
Dang... just how big is this woman?!
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:10:44 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
Bush's Fault!!!Rudy's fault.
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:11:06 AM PST
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
To: daybreakcoming
I think it will be the homeowner who gets stuck for this, not the city.
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:12:28 AM PST
by
CometBaby
(You can twist perceptions .. reality won't budge!)
To: Red Badger
Why not Hillary's fault? She is the great Senator from NY.
Sorry, I was thinking straight. Clinton's do no wrong.
To: raybbr
Its Curtis Sliwa's fault. He was trying to have Ron Kuby killed.
To: Mr. Brightside
Please oh please let it be a junior senator from New York. Oh wait, THAT jr. senator wouldn't be caught dead in Brooklyn.
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:21:08 AM PST
by
subterfuge
(Today, Tolerance =greatest virtue;Hypocrisy=worst character defect; Discrimination =worst atrocity)
To: Long Island Pete
She wasn't Senator Pothole........(if you can remember who that was, you are old)........
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:22:28 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: CometBaby
I think it will be the homeowner who gets stuck for this, not the city. I doubt it. Sidewalks are in the public easement. Whereas the homeowner is responsible for shoveling snow, they are otherwise not responsible for it.
To: Long Island Pete
Its Curtis Sliwa's fault. He was trying to have Ron Kuby killed.Darn!!!!
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:23:18 AM PST
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
G*d Da* it Bush, can't you do anything right!
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:24:32 AM PST
by
Doc Savage
("You couldn't tame me, but you taught me.................")
To: Hatteras; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Larry Lucido
Gotta be careful of those holes in the sidewalk.
To: Mr. Brightside
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:25:51 AM PST
by
wtc911
(You can't get there from here)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:28:03 AM PST
by
LIConFem
(Just opened a new seafood restaurant in Great Britain, called "Squid Pro Quid")
To: Mr. Brightside
To: Mr. Brightside
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posted on
12/05/2006 6:51:28 AM PST
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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