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Worker dies in water main break near Long Island mall

The worker, fifty-six, was trapped underwater when the pipe failed on Friday morning; the Post frames it as a warning about ageing infrastructure near busy commercial areas.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSombre one now.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Post reports a fifty-six-year-old construction worker on Long Island died Friday morning after he became trapped underwater in a water main break.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt happened near the island's largest mall. The Post's framing is aging infrastructure in crowded areas. The cause of the break has not been given.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA man went to work on a Friday and didn't come home. His family is in our thoughts.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPipes under busy streets get old, and people like him are the ones sent down to fix them. Someone ought to answer for that.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFair. Fox News also reports on a Russian bioweapons program and a plague research claim from a former Soviet defector. Details are thin so far.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock has the forecast for the weekend. Hopefully it's dry.

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