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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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posted on
02/26/2007 11:39:56 AM PST
by
lizol
To: lizol
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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......)
To: lizol
To: lizol
To: lizol
Amazing! That looks like a bunch of movie stills, not real.
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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.)
To: lizol
If this was in Japan, Godzilla would definitely come out of that hole.
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posted on
02/26/2007 11:42:14 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: lizol
And i thought Al Gore was the biggest hole I was gonna see on Free Republic today.
To: lizol
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posted on
02/26/2007 11:42:20 AM PST
by
GATOR NAVY
(Naming CVNs after congressmen and mediocre presidents burns my butt)
To: zarf
330-foot-deep!!!
That really is scary.
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posted on
02/26/2007 11:42:42 AM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
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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!)
To: Constitution Day
Maybe them Feng Shui folks are worth listening to afterall...
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
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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?)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Maybe, but I'll take my chances.
To: lizol
Oddly enough, this song just came on my Yahoo launchcast:
To: lizol
Wow! A nightmare come true.
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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))
To: zarf
scarier than global warming!
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posted on
02/26/2007 11:46:36 AM PST
by
flashbunny
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To: dead
The first thing I thought of was this:
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posted on
02/26/2007 11:47:06 AM PST
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: lizol
What happened to all the dirt?
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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".)
To: lizol
That would be about this tall....
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posted on
02/26/2007 11:47:24 AM PST
by
Cvengr
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