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Worker rescued in New City after trench collapse

A worker who was trapped while digging a

Photo credit: Sarah Armaghan | A worker who was trapped while digging a trench at a New City house is pictured after being rescued. (Nov. 22, 2012)

Emergency workers rescued a man who was trapped in a trench for two hours Friday when it collapsed and nearly buried him alive as he tried to repair a water leak at a New City house.

The unidentified worker was pulled from the six-foot-deep death trap around 3:30 p.m. after Rockland rescue workers cleared away dirt and maneuvered him past boulders that pressed against his chest, nearly suffocating...

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