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On the Gothamist Newsmap, there are a few incidents that are not mapped but simply listed as "Unusual Rescue," with the time and place, and occasionally we learn what was so unusual about them.
For instance, yesterday at 5:06PM, the unusual rescue at Avenue W and East 27th Street in Sheepshead Bay turned out to be a teenager stuck in a mailbox. Really. The Daily News reports that the kid's friends dared him to go into one of those green storage mailboxes, only for the mailbox to lock behind him. The friends apparently called for help, asking for the "postal police," according to one cop. The teens are not being charged, but one resident wasn't amused. Twenty-eight year-old Jason Irgang said, "Kids will be kids, but I don't think this is funny. It's a big waste of city resources having cops out here because some dumb kid locked himself in a mailbox."
The unusual rescue at 7:46PM in Stuyvesant Square Park in Manhattan was for a woman hit by a 25-foot tree branch while walking her dog near East 15th and 2nd Avenue. The Post reports that Alexis Hanwerker's leg and arm were broken. Passerby Luis Gonzalez who helped the victim said, "I saw the whole tree was moving and just heard the crack."
Update: Another person brushed by the tree's branches says her dog is now missing. Stacie Forman had been walking her dog, Baron, but during the chaos, the dog ran away. She's still looking for him, and WABC 7 has a photo of the dog.
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God, is that surly guy who was interviewed about the mailbox incident 28 or 68? Did he shake his fist in the air and rant on about those "darned rascals" too?
Twenty-eight year-old Jason Irgang replied:
"you kids get off my lawn!"
The kid should definitely be nominated for the Darwin award. He might not win but he'll definitely be in good company for the stunt he pulled.
shouldn't those mailboxes be locked?
"It's a big waste of city resources having cops out here because some dumb kid locked himself in a mailbox."
Give me a break. The police are scratching their asses and picking their nose 95% of the time anyway.
Did he double-dog-dare him to climb into the mailbox? Because if he double-dog-dared him, what choice does a kid have but to get in the damn mailbox? And it's obvious that his friend slammed the door shut on him after he was in there.
Was that stupid kid just climbing into the mailbox on a dare, or was that what his excuse when the cops showed up? It's possible that the kid really went into the mailbox to steal the contents of the mail.
Some moron threw a cigarette down a mailbox in my neighborhood. Unfortunately, I had just mailed all my bills and it took a month before I received an envelope from the post office with the charred remains of my bills. Of course, none of the bills were paid on time so I incurred (not inconsiderable) late charges for my co-op maintenance, chargecard bill, etc.
Tampering with a mailbox is more than just a harmless prank. It's a federal offense and offenders should be punished accordingly.
[#5] The cops do their job, and all you can come up with is some ignorant, snarky comment? Maybe you're the one who needs a reality check.