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Stuck in Storm Sewer

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Sheboygan man drowns trying to pull cell phone from storm sewer By Eric Litke and Troy Laack

Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers

A 41-year-old man drowned in a storm sewer in an apparent attempt to retrieve a dropped cell phone, according to the Sheboygan Police Department.

The man, who weighs more than 300 pounds, climbed headfirst down a vertical sewer in front of his home at 3204 N. 12th St. and became stuck with his head underwater, said Lt. Tim Eirich.

He was unconscious when rescuers pulled him out and began performing CPR, and was pronounced dead at 1:27 p.m. at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center, police said.

“It appeared that he pulled the grate up because he dropped something in that area, and it looks like he was trying to fish for it,” Eirich said.

Lt. Jeff Johnston said the man’s cell phone as found at the bottom of the sewer.

The man’s name is being withheld pending notification of relatives.

The man was alone when he crawled in the sewer and was far enough down the shaft that his feet were not visible above street level, Eirich said.

Eirich said one of the neighbors called police after discovering the man in the sewer.

The grate was found inside the sewer pipe, Worthman said.

Submitted on 06/06/2007

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070606/GPG0101/70606141/1978

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I'd normally toss this as an accident, but the visual is too funny! Why a 300 pound man would attempt to crawl into a relatively narrow sewer opening is beyond me, but I don't suppose he could have called for help without his cel phone, either!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
It always amazes me how people will put themselves in risk to try to recover something they've lost. If I dropped my cell phone down a sewer I'd write it off since the water would probably ruin it long before I'd be able to get it back.


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