Third body found in Guatemala sinkhole (WOW! pictures)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | February 25, 2007

[lizol]

Third body found in Guatemala sinkhole

February 25, 2007

GUATEMALA CITY -- Emergency crews Saturday found a third body in a 330-foot-deep sinkhole that had swallowed a dozen homes and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood.

The body of Domingo Soyos, 53, was carried out of the enormous fissure and identified by family members, medical crews said.

Soyos was the father of teenagers Irma and David Soyos, whose bodies were found floating in a river of sewage soon after the sinkhole opened Friday.

Residents said there were other people unaccounted for, but emergency crews could not confirm that.

Officials blamed recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main for the tragedy. The pit emitted foul odors, loud noises and tremors, shaking the surrounding ground. A rush of water could be heard from its depths, and authorities feared it could widen or other sinkholes could open.

Police evacuated nearby homes and cordoned off a 500-yard perimeter around the crater. Security officials were on guard for possible looters and curious onlookers.

[lizol]

[zarf]

Now THAT is scary.

[Constitution Day]

Holy moly!

[Flightdeck]

wow

[Fierce Allegiance]

Amazing! That looks like a bunch of movie stills, not real.

[dead]

If this was in Japan, Godzilla would definitely come out of that hole.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

And i thought Al Gore was the biggest hole I was gonna see on Free Republic today.

[GATOR NAVY]

That's a big hole.

[lizol]

330-foot-deep!!!

That really is scary.

[mr_hammer]

Bush's fault!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Maybe them Feng Shui folks are worth listening to afterall...

[msnimje]

Too dang funny!!

[Constitution Day]

Maybe, but I'll take my chances.

[Constitution Day]

Oddly enough, this song just came on my Yahoo launchcast:

[Drawsing]

Wow! A nightmare come true.

[flashbunny]

scarier than global warming!

[Lockbar]

The first thing I thought of was this:

[gridlock]

What happened to all the dirt?

[Cvengr]

That would be about this tall....

[misterrob]

I thought Hillary sat down too hard in a chair

[Cvengr]

Great minds think alike....oh, what a sad commentary...;^(

[SIDENET]

What if this thing keeps growing and eventually swallows the Earth?

We're DOOMED.

[jetson]

A good place to throw garbage.

[Sax]

sinkholes form when there is moving water under the surface. It wears and carries away the limestone or whatever is there, leaving a big pocket just waiting to collapse in on itself.

[lizol]

Following pictures are interesting too, but this hole was "human made" (diamond mine "Mirnyi" in Russia, depth - 525 meters, diameter - 1200 meters)

[Hatteras]

Calling Kevin Bacon. Kevin Bacon pick up the white courtesy phone...

[eleni121]

If this was in Japan, Godzilla would definitely come out of that hole.

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That would be Gozira!

[wastedyears]

I bet if you throw Hitlery down there, she'll either fly up and out on her broom, or you'll be able to hear her yelling until she goes splat. After that, you can follow with Murtha, Pelosi, Osama-Obama, and whomever else needs a swift kick down a hole.

[r9etb]

Yeesh.... I guess now we know what happens when God hits the "Smite" button.

[cripplecreek]

[mr_hammer]

Bush's fault!

Just trying to be funny....

[Ramius]

Wow! 330 feet deep? Holy cow.

That's amazing. Any word on how it developed? Maybe a previously existing cavern cave-in?

[neodad]

I hope you dated my ex-wife after our divorce!

[thulldud]

Not the RED courtesy phone...the WHITE courtesy phone.

[lakeman]

Dang Guatamalans digging holes to America. Why bother all they have to do is walk across.

[HairOfTheDog]

YIKES! You never want to walk around in the dark, huh!

[kidd]

Dude, Where's My Neighborhood?

[Aquinasfan]

That would be Gozira!

LOL! Oh no, there goes To-kee-O...

[Ramius]

I'm having a hard time believing this was from a mere broken sewer main:

Officials blamed recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main for the tragedy.

I'm not thinking so.

[doorgunner69]

Ay, carumba!

[GreenAccord]

Police evacuated nearby homes and cordoned off a 500-yard perimeter around the crater. Security officials were on guard for possible looters and curious onlookers.

Maybe someone needs to step off the distance to make sure, but if that's 500 yards, then it looks like I can hit a nine iron about 500 yards in Guatemala.

[eleni121]

Yeah...Hole-y Mole-y.

[Ignatz]

Hey look! France!

Oops, nevermind.
I just remembered that France is an above-ground hole.

[ArtyFO]

Quick, someone get the manhole cover company on the phone.

[Tijeras_Slim]

it looks like I can hit a nine iron about 500 yards in Guatemala.

Yeah, but a hole like that does wonders for anyone's short game.

[Red Badger]

Obviously caused by Global Warming and Bush!.............

[Ellesu]

Looks like an everday Louisiana pothole.

[Red Badger]

You can play golf like Happy Gilmore!......

[cripplecreek]