Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'fracture'
February 19, 2008
Georgia, the runaway subway cat rescued by a Con Ed meter reader and two determined MTA track workers, is resting up not just from her 25 days in the subway tunnels, but from surgery yesterday to repair a fractured leg. The doctors at Fifth Avenue Veterinary Specialists waited until yesterday to perform the surgery because Georgia was dehydrated at the time of her rescue and they wanted her stabilized before they performed the procedure. The......
Continue Reading "Subway Cat Georgia Is On The Mend"December 30, 2007
Some disappointed Giants fans leaving the stadium in New Jersey last night were served an extra dose of indignity when the escalator from the top tier of Gate A malfunctioned and knocked people off their feet. The accounts seem as scrambled as the scrum of people sprawled at the foot of the escalator, but it seems that the bottom few steps of the stairway collapsed, with several people becoming trapped. The emergency stop button was......
Continue Reading "Adding Injury to Insult"
