Grandma on scooter is rescued from drain

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I think Grandma was hitting on the Eggnog?

``Where's grandma?''

``Anyone seen the moped?''

The answer to these two questions was found overnight in the bottom of a storm drain, where a 55-year-old woman had to be rescued by a team of Miami paramedics.

The woman, who was not identified, took her daughter's yellow scooter out for a spin about 11 p.m., fire rescue officials said. She left her house on Southwest 32nd Court and headed to a local convenience store, where she planned to buy a pack of cigarettes.

But as the woman tried to turn out of her driveway, she drove the scooter directly into an uncovered storm drain.

The four-foot-wide drain was surrounded by bright orange barricades, said Ignatius Carroll, a fire department spokesman. It had been under construction for weeks.

The woman and the moped became wedged in the hole -- roughly six feet under ground.

''It was actually a good thing that she got wedged like that,'' Carroll said. ``There is water at the bottom of that drain. If she fell much farther, she could have drowned.''
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16282916.htm

[Connie_Corleone]

1. First Grandma got run over by a reindeer, now this!

"Stop drinking the eggnog, Grandma!"

[Lautremont]

2. No matter how young a woman is, if she's got a grandchild, the

headline has to call her "Grandma." I guess it's a rule.

[LisaM]

4. I noticed that too! If it was a 55-year old man ---

would they call him Grandpa?

Honestly.

[ToolTex]

5. She is 87.

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7. it says she's 55

The answer to these two questions was found overnight in the bottom of a storm drain, where a 55-year-old woman had to be rescued by a team of Miami paramedics.

[Warpy]

3. I keep telling you guys

that cigarettes will eventually kill ya.

[MazeRat7]

6. Well I hope our tax dollars aren't paying for grandma's "rescue"....

This an obvious case of poor planning, adventure seeking, and lack of understanding her environment. :sarcasm:

MZr7

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8. ROTF perfect....

[WinkyDink]

9. Because a street is the equivalent of a mountain?