77-Year-Old Trapped For Hours After Falling Into Long Island Cesspool

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NORTH BABYLON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A Suffolk County woman has been rescued after spending almost three hours trapped in a cesspool.

At 6:26pm we were notified of a Technical Rescue on Weeks Road. While en route, dispatch advised 2nd Assistant Chief...
Posted by North Babylon Volunteer Fire Company on Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Firefighters and emergency services crews pulled the 77-year old woman from the hole around 7:15 Wednesday evening.

Police say she stepped on the cesspool cover and it gave way. She fell four to six feet underground.

A Long Island woman, 77, had to be rescued after spending nearly three hours trapped in a cesspool outside her North Babylon home. (Credit: North Babylon Volunteer Fire Company / Facebook)

First responders went into the hole and connected her to a safety harness before lifting her out.

The 77-year-old was taken to a hospital in West Islip with non-life-threatening and is expected to recover.

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