A BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, WOMAN SURVIVED A potentially six-story plunge down a trash chute Friday morning, thanks to her “extra girth.”  The fully-grown woman won’t explain how she got into the trash chute, but there is speculation that it may have been a suicide attempt.  She somehow entered the chute on the 6th floor of the mid-rise residential building and immediately got stuck between the 6th and 5th floors.  The chute is only 2 feet square and empties into a trash compactor in the basement.

A police officer used his belt as a “rope” to hold her until the firefighters arrived, then used a rescue rope to try and secure her.  Just then she started sliding down again and dropped to the 4th floor level.  The FF’s then tied the rope off, keeping her suspended and unable to drop any further.  Next the cut a hole in the side of the trash chute and extracted her out through it.  Fire officials said that her extra size probably saved her life by preventing her from dropping all the way down when she got into the chute.

She was taken to the hospital, but apparently suffered only cuts and bruises.

WABC-TV has the story and a good video report HERE.