‘Missing’ student trapped for 36 hours

[KansDem]

Source: New York Post

An NYU student believed missing was actually trapped for up to 36 hours in a tiny gap between his dorm building and a neighboring structure — and was rescued only after his worried pals raised the alarm and rescue workers heard his moans.

“It started out that he was missing, nobody knew where he was. And all of a sudden, they discovered he’d fallen between two buildings,’’ said Habiba Vongtau, the mom of the 19-year-old victim, political-science major Asher Vongtau.

“I’m just completely stunned — he’s actually one of those responsible kids,’’ she told The Post from her Pittsburgh home as she prepared to take a bus to Manhattan to see her son at Bellevue, where he was in serious but stable condition Sunday night.

A pal said he last saw Vongtau early Saturday, after his friend left his dorm room.

“I don’t want to elaborate on what we were doing in there,’’ said sophomore Mike Yablon, 19.

Read more: http://nypost.com/2013/11/03/missing-nyu-student-actually-trapped-for-36-hours/

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Bizarre, but the student is safe!

[snooper2]

1. It's the movies corrupting our youth...

Damn Spiderman franchise!

[christx30]

5. It's that damned

James Franco. He glamorized getting stuck between two things in his "127 hours" movie. Now the kids are getting into it.

[Divine Discontent]

6. incorrect as usual.

stop blaming Marvel for what is clearly a DC problem with the youths...

[christx30]

9. Pretty typical.

Most of the problems we face these days are caused by DC.

[Divine Discontent]

13. exactly... if it isn't one thing

it's 52 of them. making 52 new #1 issues of their line, and making everyone have salon quality hair with their super muscular yet svelte physiques just screams we've given up. lol

[christx30]

14. What? Would you rather

have Superman with a pot belly? Or Cyborg with a copper chassis instead of his stainless steel?

[Divine Discontent]

17. it's the salon hair

wait, my bad sorry, Wonder Woman, Superman and Aquaman knew they were coming for a photoshoot, clearly! ha

[christx30]

18. Comic book characters have always been

shown with great hair and perfect bodies (with the exception of redheaded Lex during the Death of Superman story). I honestly don't care how they look. I want stories that shake up the characters. Show flaws in their personality. Love the comic that came with Injustice: Gods among Us. Superman taken to his natural opressive limits? Batman being called a terrorist for trying to stop him? Heck yeah. Love that idea. I can't wait to see part 2.

[Art_from_Ark]

22. The Mighty Heroes had neither of those traits

Well, maybe "Strong Man" did, but Diaper Man, Tornado Man, Rope Man, and Cuckoo Man certainly didn't

[snooper2]

10. My bad, if I'm going to be corrected though you are the only one with permission to do it

[Divine Discontent]

11. ha!

[Orrex]

7. I blame Pink Floyd.

[Blue_Tires]

2. Alcohol and/or an epic dare?

[PoliticAverse]

3. “I don’t want to elaborate on what we were doing in there,’’ n/t

[Historic NY]

4. Some friends.

[Divine Discontent]

8. yeah, what the hell does that even mean? the story says there was a fire drill, so why would they

go and answer that all enigmatically? maybe he's saying when the drill went off they were doing things that would be frowned upon? who knows. all I know is, if someone goes missing and you live where there's those damn tiny places where people can fall into on those buildings, why wouldn't they look there within 8-12 hours, not 2 days later? especially when they knew the last they'd seen him he was going up the stairs! jeesh...

[Nay]

12. What I'd like to know is why there are such small crevices available for

anyone to fall into. How is it that buildings are built with such 'traps'? Why aren't they walled off?

[d_r]

15. "What I'd like to know is why there are such small crevices available"

you put your weed in there

[Divine Discontent]

16. real estate is worth millions in big cities, but still, why don't they have

some kind of glow in the dark edging where the foot wide or so building's walls are at, or metal meshing, or something, I dunno, but you'd think someone would come up with something.

it's not like this doesn't happen!


http://abcnews.go.com/US/portland-woman-trapped-buildings-freed/story?id=18228204



http://www.zazzle.com/shutdown_the_gop_by_voting_in_2014_government-128195183613839642?rf=238107662556833486


and others who have been trapped between buildings



and a story and vid: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13837167

[Ash_F]

19. I think he meant in his dorm.

Sounds private and not related to the young man's accident.

[NCagainstMcCrony]

20. 12 hours

This story is more than 12 hours old. Does DU only electively enforce this rule?

[Quantess]

23. You can alert it too, you know...

[Blue_Roses]

21. I have horrible clausterphobia and I would freak

I'd probably have a heart attack from the panic.

[Judi Lynn]

24. That experience is probably going to haunt him a long time, unfortunately.

Hope he can bounce back without too many nightmares!