Trapped Beneath the School

In 2006, a man broke into an elementary school in the United States. He didn’t go inside

the building. He went underneath it. There was a crawl space below the

floor. Less than 60 centimeters high. At some point, he crawled too far.

The space narrowed. His shoulders got stuck. Then his chest. He tried to push

himself backward. But there was nothing to push against. Teachers above heard banging.

Police arrived. Rescue teams cut through concrete. They talked to him the entire time.

After several hours, his breathing became shallow. The pressure on his chest stopped

his lungs from expanding. He suffocated before they could reach him. The hole was sealed.