Wisconsin Man Drops Cell Phone Into Sewar - Drowns In A Foot Of Water Trying To Get It Back

[matcom]

thanks to RetroLounge for the scoop :D

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SHEBOYGAN - A 41-year-old man dropped his cell phone down a storm sewer. He then removed the iron gate and went in after it, head first. He got stuck and then drowned in a foot of water.
Lieutenant Tim Eirich of the Sheboygan Police Department said the man was wedged with his head and shoulders underwater in a vertical storm drain in front of his home.

A child eventually saw what had happened and ran to get help.

"We could not get him out. He weighed well over 300 pounds," neighbor Jon Back explained. "Only his feet was up above the ground."

It took six firefighters to pull the man's body from the sewer. His name has not been released.

Sheboygan County Coroner David Leffin ruled the man's death as an accidental drowning.

Authorities say the cell phone was found at the bottom of the sewer.

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/7880471.html

[DS1]

1. I once watched an 80 dollar network card tumble out of my backpack right into a drain

and said

Damn.