FishyFish Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,11882,1567657,00.html Drained but alive after sewer ride Jon Henley in Paris Monday September 12, 2005 The Guardian A man was sucked down an open manhole during a downpour in Cannes last Friday and swept through the sewerage system for more than a mile before emerging on the other side of the town, shaken but unharmed. André Messager, a 56-year-old physical therapist, had just got off his motorbike when he slipped and fell down a manhole whose cover had been dislodged by rain that deluged the region last week. The retired navy diver was swept off his feet and dragged along the tunnel by a "raging torrent" of rainwater, the newspaper Nice Matin reported yesterday. His first reaction was to pull his motorbike helmet back on and secure the straps, he told the paper. Then he "lay back, with my hands crossed on my stomach, as if I was on a water slide in an amusement park, and let myself go". Bruised and scratched, he washed up against an iron grating on the beach of the luxurious Majestic hotel, to be found by a council worker who was unblocking storm drains. "Six Flags Down the Toilet" anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonKhan Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Drained but alive after sewer ride ...as if I was on a water slide in an amusement park, and let myself go This guy should get an award for that! That's freakin' awesome!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DATman Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 if it wasn't sewagewater, i would SO want to do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCoaster Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Its not so much sewage water as storm runnoff. But if it hasn't rained recently, it could still be pretty nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzo41190 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 in front of our house there is a tunnel under our driveway that is like 3 feet high. In the spring and when the snow melts, there is tons of water that runs through the tunnel (lasts 2 days). Well i take a sled (inner-tub) and i go down it like a water slide! It is so fun and fast but you get soaked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Eber Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 ^ sounds awesome. Now, when he said he let's himself go...like in other ways than just relaxing? He was in a storm drain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfmmFREAK Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 an underground lazy river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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