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Man Rescued From Collapsed Cesspool On Long Island Man Rescued From Collapsed Cesspool On Long Island
Man Rescued From Collapsed Cesspool On Long Island Police officers came to the rescue of a man who fell into a collapsed cesspool while doing yard work on Long Island. Ralph Santos, 88, was weed whacking at approximately 5:20 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 3 in his backyard on Bancroft Road in North Bay Shore when a cesspool collapsed in the yard, creating a sinkhole, Suffolk County Police said. According to police, Santos fell into the hole, and was forced to use the electrical cord from the weed whacker to keep his head above the contents of the cesspool.  He was located a short time later by his wife, who made an emergency call to the Suffol…

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