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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Forty-five minutes later Chief Carpenter William Huerter, standing waist deep in the turbulent sewer a block below Philip Street, thought he heard faint cries. Then he saw a head bobbing toward him through the darkness. Gripping the bottom of the ladder with one hand, with the other he grabbed a man's limp body just before the filthy current swept into a 75-ft. down-drain. A rope pulled the half-conscious Debo up through the Grand Street manhole, 800 ft. from his starting point. Hospitalized, John Debo told his story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Sewer Rat | 2/1/1932 | See Source »

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