Re: [Marxism] A warning to Lou P & Les E. - Repent before it is to late

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Dec. 30, 2003, 1:34PM

Man (Lou and Les actually) trapped for 2 days under pile of books, papers
Associated Press

NEW YORK- A man who says he sells books and magazines on the street was
rescued after being trapped for two days under a mountain of reading
material in his apartment.

Patrice Moore, 43, had apparently been standing up when the books,
catalogs, mail and newspapers swamped him on Saturday. Firefighters and
neighbors rescued Moore on Monday afternoon and he was hospitalized in
stable condition this morning with leg injuries.

"I didn't think I was gonna get out," Moore told the New York Post, adding
that he called for help repeatedly.

His landlord discovered him Monday after coming to the apartment to give
Moore a small loan and heard a strange voice inside. The landlord pried
the door open with a crowbar, found Moore trapped and alerted the fire
department.

The apartment was stuffed from wall to wall and floor to ceiling with
stacks of paper.

Emergency workers and neighbors dug through the debris to reach Moore,
filling 50 garbage bags with paper. He was freed about a half hour later,
said Fire Department spokesman Paul Iannizzotto.

Moore, a former mailroom clerk now receiving public assistance, said he
collected books and magazines for more than 10 years and earned money by
selling them on the street.

The incident recalled the legendary case of the Collyer brothers, who in
1947 were discovered dead in their house in Harlem after one of them
became trapped under a pile of papers and the other died of starvation.

:-)

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