Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'fell'
August 11, 2008
Eric Davis, the twenty-year-old man who fell through a broken sidewalk subway grate in Bed-Stuy on Friday morning has told his story to the Daily News from the confines of his bed at Kings County Hospital, where he's convalescing after plummeting ten feet into a filthy shaft: "I don't feel like it's bad luck ...because I survived. The one thing I did [was] I made sure I didn't bump my head. The lady paramedic made......
Continue Reading "Man Who Fell Through Subway Grate Broke No Bones"May 28, 2008
A patron of the Coney Island boardwalk bar Ruby’s got sent on a shocking detour during a trip to the men’s room over Memorial Day Weekend. It so happened that Observer reporter Chris Shott was having a beer at the bar around 5:30 Saturday when the owner abruptly pulled the plug on the jukebox and threw everyone out.As the boozy crowd abandoned their beverages and shuffled out, a slew of firefighters, police and paramedics huddled......
Continue Reading "Man Falls Through Floor at Ruby’s on Coney Island"
