Garbage Truck Compacts Homeless Man Sleeping In Dumpster (he lived!)

wicket

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Thu Mar-03-05 11:12 PM
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Garbage Truck Compacts Homeless Man Sleeping In Dumpster (he lived!)

http://www.turnto10.com/news/4249795/detail.html

A homeless man was compacted by a waste container truck three times and lived to tell about it.

Providence officials said the man was sleeping in a dumpster off Elm Street, when the trash crews came by at about 4 a.m. Thursday.

The compacting process was stopped when the driver heard screams coming from the back of his vehicle.

Manuel Gomes, 48, was conscious and alert when he was brought to Rhode Island Hospital with back troubles, where he is listed in fair condition.

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KingoftheJungle

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Thu Mar-03-05 11:20 PM
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1. One hardcore motherfucker

word up

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Up2Late

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Thu Mar-03-05 11:30 PM
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2. I Hate it when that happens

ouch:hippie:

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mermaid

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Thu Mar-03-05 11:35 PM
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3. Well, That's ONE Way To Do Ab Crunches....n/t

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Blue Diadem

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Thu Mar-03-05 11:43 PM
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4. Ohhh..poor guy. n/t

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zann725

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Fri Mar-04-05 01:21 AM
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5. There's gonna be a lot of elderly & disabled sleeping in bins if Shrub

gets his way with SS reform.

We're laughing, but this is tragic.

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Erika

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Fri Mar-04-05 01:32 AM
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6. I'm not laughing

Many military personnel are now sleeping on the streets as are the disadvantaged. Bush wishes to ignore their existance. Guess what? They won't go away.

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saigon68

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Fri Mar-04-05 04:19 AM
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7. Homeless, toothless, lice infested, hungry Veterans

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you, complete with their angry PTSD affected personalities and their unkempt hair and beards.

Tens of thousands are being created today, by the Bush Criminals.

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Blue Diadem

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Fri Mar-04-05 08:36 AM
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8. My comment was genuine and heartfelt,

I hope it didn't appear that I was making fun or laughing.

It's tragic that the man is homeless and I genuinely feel sorry for the poor guy. I can remember stories of homeless dying from sleeping in dumpsters.

It's really awful that Bush's faith based initiatives don't do their Christian duty and provide more homeless shelters. Our country treats our Veterans, the mentally ill and the poor awful, the elderly aren't far behind.

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