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Third body found in Guatemala sinkhole (WOW! pictures)
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | February 25, 2007

Posted on 02/26/2007 11:39:52 AM PST by lizol

Third body found in Guatemala sinkhole

February 25, 2007

GUATEMALA CITY -- Emergency crews Saturday found a third body in a 330-foot-deep sinkhole that had swallowed a dozen homes and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood.

The body of Domingo Soyos, 53, was carried out of the enormous fissure and identified by family members, medical crews said.

Soyos was the father of teenagers Irma and David Soyos, whose bodies were found floating in a river of sewage soon after the sinkhole opened Friday.

Residents said there were other people unaccounted for, but emergency crews could not confirm that.

Officials blamed recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main for the tragedy. The pit emitted foul odors, loud noises and tremors, shaking the surrounding ground. A rush of water could be heard from its depths, and authorities feared it could widen or other sinkholes could open.

Police evacuated nearby homes and cordoned off a 500-yard perimeter around the crater. Security officials were on guard for possible looters and curious onlookers.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: disaster; guatemala; sinkhole
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1 posted on 02/26/2007 11:39:56 AM PST by lizol
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To: lizol

Now THAT is scary.


2 posted on 02/26/2007 11:40:48 AM PST by zarf (Her hair was of a dank yellow, and fell over her temples like sauerkraut......)
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To: lizol

Holy moly!


3 posted on 02/26/2007 11:41:36 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: lizol

wow


4 posted on 02/26/2007 11:41:46 AM PST by Flightdeck
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To: lizol

Amazing! That looks like a bunch of movie stills, not real.


5 posted on 02/26/2007 11:42:05 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (If something I said angers you, you are must be ignorant, a sissy or a commie. Have a nice day.)
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To: lizol
If this was in Japan, Godzilla would definitely come out of that hole.
6 posted on 02/26/2007 11:42:14 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: lizol

And i thought Al Gore was the biggest hole I was gonna see on Free Republic today.


7 posted on 02/26/2007 11:42:17 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: lizol

That's a big hole.


8 posted on 02/26/2007 11:42:20 AM PST by GATOR NAVY (Naming CVNs after congressmen and mediocre presidents burns my butt)
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To: zarf

330-foot-deep!!!

That really is scary.


9 posted on 02/26/2007 11:42:42 AM PST by lizol (Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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To: lizol

Bush's fault!


10 posted on 02/26/2007 11:42:48 AM PST by mr_hammer (Pro-life, Pro-gun, Pro-military, Pro-borders, Limited Govn't will win in 08!)
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To: Constitution Day

Maybe them Feng Shui folks are worth listening to afterall...


11 posted on 02/26/2007 11:42:56 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Too dang funny!!


13 posted on 02/26/2007 11:43:39 AM PST by msnimje (The Pro-Life movement is about winning Converts to the cause. Why attack the converted?)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Maybe, but I'll take my chances.


14 posted on 02/26/2007 11:43:46 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: lizol
Oddly enough, this song just came on my Yahoo launchcast:


15 posted on 02/26/2007 11:44:38 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: lizol

Wow! A nightmare come true.


16 posted on 02/26/2007 11:44:54 AM PST by Drawsing (The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
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To: zarf

scarier than global warming!


17 posted on 02/26/2007 11:46:36 AM PST by flashbunny (<--- CLICK HERE IF YOU HATE RINOS! Free Anti RINO graphics!)
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To: dead
The first thing I thought of was this:


18 posted on 02/26/2007 11:47:06 AM PST by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: lizol

What happened to all the dirt?


19 posted on 02/26/2007 11:47:16 AM PST by gridlock (Isn't it peculiar that matter what the problem, the government's solution is always "more taxes".)
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To: lizol
That would be about this tall....


20 posted on 02/26/2007 11:47:24 AM PST by Cvengr
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