Man Survives Garbage Truck Crushing

[Kor37 9]

Man Survives Garbage Truck Crushing

AP

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (May 8) - A homeless man who had fallen asleep in a trash bin to escape the rain was dumped into a garbage truck and survived being crushed repeatedly before a worker saw him.

 

Robert Baswell, 44, said he screamed as the load of trash was crushed against his body at least seven times and was sure he would die. He tried to cushion one blow from the truck's compressor with a dead opossum, he said.

 

"I screamed one last breath," Baswell told the Palm Beach Post. A trash collector finally saw him as he tossed in a box and called for help.

 

Firefighters spent almost a half hour pulling pieces of trash out by hand to free the man.

 

"I want to find this gentleman and have him buy my lottery tickets because he is one lucky dude," said West Palm Beach Fire Rescue spokesman Phil Kaplan.

 

Baswell, who had bedded down in a brush-filled trash bin Sunday night to get out of the rain, suffered broken legs and ribs.

 

"I'm so happy to be here, as bad as I'm hurt," he said.

 

 

 

Sounds like this guy had a................"pressing" problem.........

Cue the rim shot!

Edited May 9, 2007 by Kor37

[trekz 7]

Yeah, lucky he had the dead possum to cushion one of the blows....ewwwwww!

[Kor37 9]

Yeah, lucky he had the dead possum to cushion one of the blows....ewwwwww!

 

 

Yeah!....Who said that a dead possum doesn't have any use?!...