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Man Rescued From Collapsed Trench In Pequannock Man Rescued From Collapsed Trench In Pequannock
Man Rescued From Collapsed Trench In Pequannock First-responders from throughout the region took part in an intricate rescue Monday to save the life of a man entrapped when a trench collapsed at a Pequannock work site.  The incident began around 9 a.m. on Lincoln Road near the Knights of Columbus Hall, where the person was buried up to the waist, said Jerry Speziale, the police director for the city of Paterson.  Paterson first-responders belong to the Metro Search and Rescue Team,  a multi-agency unit that handles technical rescues.  Paterson firefighters helped secure the trench by shoring up its sides as other age…