PLUMBER PULLED TO SAFETY : MAN STUCK FOUR HOURS IN TRENCH.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer A plumber trapped four hours in a 7-foot trench was pulled to safety Monday by a crew that honed its skills with daring rescues after the Northridge Quake and searches through the ruins of the Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm federal building. Justin Lisonbee, 19, was alert and in good condition after a tedious rescue from the confines of a 1-foot-wide trench dug to replace a sewer line Noun 1. sewer line - a main in a sewage system sewer main main - a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage in front of a Canyon Country home. ``He was saying, `Please just get me out,' '' said Ysidro Miranda, a member of a Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La Urban Search and Rescue The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. team, who entered the trench to free Lisonbee. Lisonbee's boss spent the hours aiding rescuers and lying on the sidewalk on Steinway Street, leaning over the trench comforting Lisonbee. ``He just talked to him, encouraged him, told him what we were doing and that he would be OK,'' Miranda said. Lisonbee was trapped in about two feet of mud - dirt that collapsed from a 5-foot pile next to the trench and turned viscous with water from an underground main. ``It's thick mud and it creates suction so you can't just pull him out,'' said fire Capt. Rob Smith. A state occupational safety inspector was examining the accident sight to determine whether there were any violations. The sewer trench was unprotected, although state guidelines require trenches more than 5 feet deep to be shored for safety, said Capt. Larry Collins of the rescue team. Lisonbee had been kneeling when the mound collapsed into the trench and one leg was wedged under a pipe. His position complicated the rescue work, as did the heavy clay soil removed by rescuers to secure the trench, said Inspector Rob Graham, Fire Department spokesman. About 30 firefighters and sheriff's deputies were a part of the drama. Among the neighborhood heroes were Allan Babineau and James Hughes who hurried door to door collecting plywood to help firefighters shore the trench. Lisonbee was fled fluids intravenously and rescuers gave him an oxygen mask oxygen mask n. A masklike device that is placed over the mouth and nose and through which oxygen is supplied from an attached storage tank. and piped in fresh air to ease his discomfort in the dank dank adj. dank·er, dank·est Disagreeably damp or humid. See Synonyms at wet. [Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin. , stagnant hole. ``I think he was able to relax somewhat after he realized we were there for the long haul,'' said Miranda, who earned a Medal of Valor For other medals of the same name, see . The Medal of Valor (O't Ha'gvora, Hebrew: עיטור הגבורה) is the highest Israeli Military decoration. for saving a street sweeper trapped when the 1994 quake collapsed a Northridge Fashion Center Northridge Fashion Center is a large shopping mall located in Northridge, California. It opened in 1971. It was severely damaged during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994, but renovated extensively in 1995 and 1998. parking structure. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1--color in SAC edition only) A Fire Departmentcrew lifts Justin Lisonbee from the trench he fell into Monday in Canyon Country. (2--color in SAC edition only) Rescue worker Ysidro Miranda helped free Lisonbee. (3--ran in SAC edition only) A county rescue team works to free Justin Lisonbee from the unprotected sewer trench he fell into Monday when a mound of dirt collapsed. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion