NYU tudent rescued after stuck between two buildings for two days

[hrmjustin]

Eyewitness News

NEW YORK (WABC) -- FDNY rescued a 19-year-old NYU student Sunday after he was stuck in a two-foot gap between an NYU dorm and a garage on 80 Lafayette Street.

Classmates say the student was missing for days.

Crews took over an hour to free the man. There is no word yet on how he became trapped, but he is alive.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9312060

[Tx4obama]

1. WOW. Glad they found him. n/t

[hrmjustin]

2. This is where it happened.

https://twitter.com/DrayClarkABC7/status/397191188018905088/photo/1/large

[Tx4obama]

3. I remember there was a woman rescued from between two buildings like that a couple months ago...

... I don't remember where it was though.

[hrmjustin]

4. Maybe China. There were a few stories like that from China in the past few months.

[Tx4obama]

5. Portland, Oregan in January 2013

http://abcnews.go.com/US/portland-woman-trapped-buildings-freed/story?id=18228204

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57564270/portland-woman-trapped-between-buildings-rescued/

The woman spent about four hours in a space 8 to 10 inches wide before rescuers managed to free her...

[hrmjustin]

6. That must have been horrible.

[hrmjustin]

15. Poster below just gave me this. Happened Oct 22 2013.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?id=9297656

[sheshe2]

7. So glad they found him, Justin.

From the pictures, it is amazing that anyone did. I can't believe that he was conscious and was communicating with responders!

[hrmjustin]

8. They said he is in good condition and talking. His mother came from Pittsburg to be with her son.

[sheshe2]

9. Was it a long drop Justin?

Such a lucky young man. He survived days there.

A family member had a huge fall a short time ago. It took a lot of time, yet they survived.

[hrmjustin]

10. It looks like he fell from his fifth floor window.

I am sorry to hear about your relative. I am glad your relative recovered.

[NBachers]

11. I've got claustrophobia. I'd have been very uncomfortable over those two days.

[hrmjustin]

12. Yeah I would not handled it well myself.

[Hoyt]

31. Me too. I'm gasping for air just reading this.

Reminds me of how I felt reading Howard Zinn's description of slaves being transported below deck lying down in cages barely high enough for them turn over. Jesus.

[PoliticAverse]

13. From about a week ago...

Women get stuck between buildings during massage parlor raid:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?id=9297656

[hrmjustin]

14. Yes I now remember that story.

Not sure if I posted it.

[Tx4obama]

16. Sounds like getting stuck between buildings happens a lot. I wonder...

I wonder if there are some folks that have gotten stuck over the years and haven't been found yet.
Creepy to even think about that!

[hrmjustin]

17. Yes that is something to think about. We have a lot of alleys like that in NYC.

[PoliticAverse]

18. This isn't Texas, NYC residents are packed in like sardines... n/t

[Tx4obama]

19. Believe it or not I do know that. I've traveled outside of Texas many times :)

[Smarmie Doofus]

30. Quite literally. It's called......

It's called the A train between 59th and 125th between 5 pm and 6:30.

Mother o' mercy.

[PoliticAverse]

20. NY Post version of the story with additional details...

http://nypost.com/2013/11/03/missing-nyu-student-actually-trapped-for-36-hours/

[Rhiannon12866]

21. I saw this on the news, Yikes!

I was trying to figure out how this could happen. How awful! Poor guy, so glad they found him!

[hrmjustin]

22. He either fell off the roof or out his window.

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Yikes! How?!

Reminded me of a time I visited someone in the hospital. I apparently went out a side door, which locked behind me. And I ended up in a small alley with a wooden gate at the end. It was a weekend, so no one was in any offices, and I was in a blind panic until I managed to get the gate open and get out! And I had my dog in the car...

[hrmjustin]

24. That is scary. I am glad you got out quickly.

They have not said how this has happened.

[Rhiannon12866]

25. I was terrified!

I can't imagine how that poor guy felt! And it looked like he was several stories up!

[hrmjustin]

28. They just said he was evacuating from a fire alarm and he might have fallen trying to leave.

[Rhiannon12866]

32. Geez! Poor guy!

Did he jump out the window?

[Princess Turandot]

33. He must have gone out his window...

as far as it looks, 80 Lafayette is way higher that the adjoining buildings: http://goo.gl/maps/RgjdA (Google Map).

[gopiscrap]

26. was he drunk when he got in that fix?

[hrmjustin]

27. They just said a fire alarm went off and it looks like he fell trying to escape.

[gopiscrap]

29. ok, that's the first I heard of that