December 30, 2003
Buried by books
A man who says he sells books and magazines on the street was rescued after being trapped for two days under a mountain of reading material in his apartment.From the AP.Patrice Moore, 43, had apparently been standing up when the books, catalogs, mail and newspapers swamped him on Saturday. Firefighters and neighbors rescued Moore on Monday afternoon and he was hospitalized in stable condition Tuesday morning with leg injuries.
Posted by David on December 30, 2003 1:22 PM
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Pardon me for my dark humour, but I can't imagine a more perfect way to die ;-) Except for being 43!
Posted by: Claudia on December 31, 2003 7:41 AM
Another victim of the Collyer Syndrome:
He [Langley Collyer] had been buried alive in one of his booby traps while crawling to bring Homer food. He had been only eight feet from his brother. He was wearing burlap draped over his shoulders as a cape, and police speculated this had snagged on a wire and tripped the booby trap. Langley wore no underwear or socks. He had on a bathrobe, three jackets and four pairs of trousers. Around his neck as a scarf was a white onion sack fastened with a safety pin. He lay on his right side and the rats had been at him.
I knew I had that newspaper around here somewhere...
Posted by: Peter Shriner on January 1, 2004 11:53 AM
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