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Videos show groups entering NYC sewer system at night

  • Jun 3

Autopsy reveals cause of death for woman who fell down manhole

  • May 21

Woman dies after falling into uncovered manhole in New York City

  • May 20

Family walking in NY nearly hit by exploding manhole covers | Video

  • Apr 21, 2025

Repairs underway to fill hole that opened on 51 Street in Galveston

  • Jan 5, 2024

Man gets stuck in manhole construction site in Galveston

  • Nov 8, 2023

Video shows moment after mom jumps into manhole to save 1-year-old boy

  • Oct 6, 2021

14-month-old boy falls down manhole at NJ playground, mother saves him

  • Sep 23, 2021

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SUV driver rescued after being trapped in manhole construction site in Galveston

  • Nov 8, 2023
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EXCLUSIVE: Man speaks after surviving 9 days in manhole

  • Oct 20, 2017
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Partner of man stuck in manhole speaks out

  • Oct 18, 2017
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Manhole rescue latest

  • Oct 17, 2017
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Man spends 9 days trapped in manohle

  • Oct 16, 2017
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Manhole rescue

  • Oct 16, 2017
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Manhole rescue

  • Oct 16, 2017
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Man rescued from manhole after heavy rain

  • Mar 30, 2017

Latest Stories

3-year-old falls into manhole in China

A three-year-old boy fell into a manhole in China, ending up in a well.

  • Aug 6, 2019
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Gender-neutral language: Berkeley changes manholes to 'maintenance holes,' brother and sister to 'sibling'

GOODBYE, MANHOLES: They'll now be called "maintenance holes" after the city approved an ordinance removing gender preference language from its municipal code. And that's not all. Here's a look at the other words that are changing.

  • Jul 18, 2019

Firefighters rescue man who fell 20 feet down manhole outside gas station in northwest Houston

DRAMATIC RESCUE: Firefighters save man who fell 20 feet down manhole at a northwest Houston truck stop.

  • Dec 11, 2018
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Survival videos helped man stuck in manhole survive for 9 days

Jason Courtney, who survived nine days after falling down an open manhole, is now out of the hospital and speaking about his struggle to survive.

  • Oct 20, 2017
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Partner of man trapped in manhole speaks out

Jason Courtney's partner gave ABC13 more insight into the nine days that Courtney spent trapped in a manhole.

  • Oct 19, 2017