Content Preview
Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here
LI man appreciates rescue from cesspool mishap
Quick ReadThe man who spent more than four hours trapped in an 35-foot hole while installing a cesspool is in satisfactory condition and is heading home from the hospital today.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Emergency workers free a Mario Flores from a cesspool on Peacock Drive in East Hills. (Dec. 8, 2009)
Video: Cesspool construction rescue
PHOTOS: Man trapped in East Hills cesspool
The Long Island man who spent more than four hours trapped in an 35-foot hole while installing a cesspool is in satisfactory condition and is heading home.
Nassau University Medical Center spokeswoman Shelley Lotenberg said 37-year-old Mario Flores of Brentwood was expected to be released Thursday morning.
Flores was working at a home in East Hills on Tuesday when dirt and sand enveloped...
Newsday & ExploreLI are now available at no charge to Newsday 7-day and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.
