Sunday, June 28, 2009

What a way to go...

From the Daily News:

An elderly landlord died Saturday after he slipped down a sewage drain on his Queens property and suffocated, police said.

Luigi Cerrone, 83, was cleaning the sewage drain of Cafe People on Northern Blvd. in Flushing when he slipped down the drain, police said.

He became stuck, his face grounded in the sewer sludge.

Emergency responders arrived at the scene about 4:45 p.m., but Cerrone had already suffocated.


And from the NY Post:

MAN, 83, DIES IN SEWAGE DRAIN
By MATTHEW NESTEL and CHRISTINA CARREGA

An 83-year-old Queens bar owner and great-grandfather suffocated to death yesterday after slipping into a sewage drain in his pub's parking lot, officials said.

Luigi Cerrone was found at around 4:45 p.m. by a horrified female employee at Prince II on Northern Boulevard, near 160th Street, in Flushing, cops said.

It wasn't immediately clear how long Cerrone was submerged in the sludge, but sources said it was less than a day.

Cerrone, who was married for 60 years and still shoveled snow, was "a great man," said a relative at his Bayside home. "Everybody liked him."


Looks like there's some confusion as to which establishment it was, not that it matters.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

That stinks. What a shitty way to go. Get it? Shitty? Stinks??

Anonymous said...

Ha. Ha. (not) Are you from Flushing?

Taxpayer said...

Cafe - Pub?

It's this example of careless reporting of correct detail that exemplifies the careless reporting on so many issues in the NY media (probably all across the country).

Probably the result of full-time practice of political stenography.

Do you trust what you get from the media? Why?

georgetheatheist said...

"Inter faeces et urinam nascimur." - St. Augustine of Hippo

("We are born between shit and piss.")

"Inter faeces et urinam morimur." - Luigi Cerrone

("We die between shit and piss.")

Anony2 said...

Taxpayer, in this case yes.
Cafe People is the name of the Korean pub/HOF. Would you like a tour of K-town?
This will be one of the ONLY signs you can read (unless you read Korean) and one reason why we lost Julia Harrison to another neighborhood.

Anonymous said...

Ha. Ha. (not) Are you from Flushing?
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Oh,lighten up.

Anonymous said...

Ha. Ha. (not) Are you from Flushing?
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Oh,lighten up.

Up your nose with a rubber hose...

Anonymous said...

That stinks. What a shitty way to go. Get it?

Someone died! I am imagining it is your father...
Now I get it. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Thanks for the laugh, moron!

Anonymous said...

He was my landlord for 5 years. He kept the building heated, but he was lousy at paying his help. I guess that is why he was cleaning it by himself. Oh well.

Anonymous said...

That stinks. What a shitty way to go. Get it?

Someone died! I am imagining it is your father...
Now I get it. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Thanks for the laugh, moron!
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Relax guy, I think annon #1 was just injecting some gallows humor into the situation. I don't think he was insulting anyone. Don't be so sensitive. It really is a ridiculous way to die.

Anonymous said...

What a world we live in when poking fun at such a tragic event can be the subject of "gallows humor." Once again another display of man's inhumanity to man. I am glad that you can have a laugh at another's expense. Wouldn't be so funny if it happened to a member of your family, now would it?

Anonymous said...

He was probably overcome by the noxious gasses that are in sewers,including methane.R.I.P

Anonymous said...

He was probably overcome by the noxious gasses that are in sewers,including methane.R.I.P