{"id":133124,"date":"2024-12-04T07:05:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T00:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133124"},"modified":"2024-12-04T07:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T00:05:57","slug":"grandmother-looking-for-cat-may-have-fallen-into-sinkhole-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133124","title":{"rendered":"Grandmother Looking for Cat May Have Fallen Into Sinkhole, Authorities Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Elizabeth Pollard went looking for her missing cat on Monday evening in Unity Township, Pa. Then, she disappeared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When the authorities went looking for her early on Tuesday morning, they found the 64-year-old\u2019s car, her 5-year-old granddaughter inside it and a newly formed sinkhole nearby \u2014 which, they believe, Ms. Pollard had fallen into.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The authorities immediately began an \u201call hands on deck\u201d rescue operation, Trooper Steve Limani of the Pennsylvania State Police said at a news conference at about noon on Tuesday. Excavators and rescue teams were working to remove dirt and access the sinkhole, which is about the size of a manhole, to try to find Ms. Pollard, who authorities said could be in another cavity underground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt appears that it was most likely created during the time while, unfortunately, Ms. Pollard was walking around,\u201d Trooper Limani said. \u201cWe\u2019re hoping everyone keeps their family in their prayers, that this ends up being a rescue mission, and that\u2019s how we\u2019re going to continue to conduct ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Trooper Limani said that police received a call around 1 a.m. from a family member of Ms. Pollard, reporting her missing hours after she had gone to look for her cat, which The Associated Press said is named Pepper. The authorities searched for Ms. Pollard in other places, including the woods, using drones, but Trooper Limani said he believed that she could only be in the sinkhole, which they found near her vehicle around 3 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When Fire Chief John Bacha of the Pleasant Unity Volunteer Fire Department arrived on the scene, he said, it was not immediately obvious that someone had fallen into the hole. But when rescuers placed a camera in the hole, they saw a \u201cmodern\u201d shoe that most likely was not a remnant of coal mining operations, Chief Bacha said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The sinkhole was found in Marguerite, an unincorporated old coal mining community in Unity Township, Pa., about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. It can be common for sinkholes to open up because of the old mines, Chief Bacha said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The sinkhole opened up near a restaurant called Monday\u2019s Union Restaurant, where Ms. Pollard\u2019s car was parked, Trooper Limani said. It has plenty of oxygen and remains warmer than temperatures at the surface level, according to Chief Bacha.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Pollard\u2019s 5-year-old granddaughter, who spent several hours in the car in freezing temperatures, was found safe and reunited with her parents, authorities said. It is unclear what happened to Ms. Pollard\u2019s cat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Kitty Bennett<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/03\/us\/pennsylvania-woman-sinkhole-missing-cat.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Pollard went looking for her missing cat on Monday evening in Unity Township, Pa. 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