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Allentown Trench Victim ID'd, Support Surges Ahead Of Surgery Allentown Trench Victim ID'd, Support Surges Ahead Of Surgery
Allentown Trench Victim ID'd, Support Surges Ahead Of Surgery Two days after spending hours stuck in a trench in Allentown, construction worker Jason Hansell is still hospitalized with extensive injuries — meanwhile, federal regulators continue to investigate how the harrowing accident occurred.  Hansell was one of two men digging in the backyard of a home at 15th and Gordon streets when the trench caved in around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, Daily Voice reported.  More than eight hours later, at 10:40 p.m., Hansell was finally freed by a team of rescuers from agencies across eastern Pennsylvania.  Now, Jason's wife Ivy says in a Go…

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by Mac Bullock