{"id":133272,"date":"2024-12-04T17:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T10:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133272"},"modified":"2024-12-04T17:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T10:15:55","slug":"sinkhole-search-missing-pennsylvania-grandmother-likely-fell-into-sinkhole-while-searching-for-her-cat-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133272","title":{"rendered":"Sinkhole search: Missing Pennsylvania grandmother likely fell into sinkhole while searching for her cat, police 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-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fbokm003k2bp83d6z303p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Rescuers are searching for a missing Pennsylvania grandmother who is believed to have fallen deep into a sinkhole while searching for her cat with her young granddaughter, authorities said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd00033b6mnfdp5th4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Police received a phone call around 1 a.m. Tuesday from a relative of Elizabeth Pollard, who said the 64-year-old had left to look for her cat Monday afternoon and had not been heard from since, Trooper Steve Limani of the Pennsylvania State Police in Greensburg said in a news conference Tuesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd00043b6m6v6a108d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Pollard was last seen around 5 p.m. Monday in Marguerite, an unincorporated area of Unity Township, Limani said, in part of southwestern Pennsylvania dotted with old coal mines.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd00053b6mf5cmft2y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            During their search, police discovered Pollard\u2019s vehicle parked near a restaurant with her five-year-old granddaughter inside \u2013 and a fresh, deep sinkhole just steps away.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd00063b6mh04phuy1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe at that point in time realized that this could be a very bad situation,\u201d Limani said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49lj4fy00003b6mvj41lp16@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Rescuers hope Pollard is still alive in an air pocket. The hole has plenty of oxygen and is warmer than the temperatures above ground, officials said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd00073b6m1axln7ba@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Pollard\u2019s granddaughter was unharmed, despite being in the car for nearly 12 hours in below-freezing temperatures, Limani said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd00083b6mu2wigwbg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The girl is now with her parents and wasn\u2019t able to give police any details about what happened, Limani said. \u201cShe was just a 5-year-old girl that was waiting in the car for her grandmother to come back.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd00093b6m0dq7drbg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The sinkhole, which was about 15 to 20 feet from Pollard\u2019s vehicle, appears to be about the size of a manhole on the surface but gets much wider below ground, making search and rescue efforts challenging, Limani said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd000a3b6muz19huwj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The sinkhole likely appeared at some point Monday, officials said. \u201cThat hole wasn\u2019t there earlier in the day \u2026 It\u2019s close enough to the building that somebody would have seen it,\u201d Limani said.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm49fgb8i000o3b6mb66441hv@published\" class=\"image portrait image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"AP24338678170073.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"1.0731014904187366\" data-original-height=\"1512\" data-original-width=\"1409\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24338678170073.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1512\" width=\"1409\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24338678170073.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1512\" width=\"1409\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24338678170073.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1512\" width=\"1409\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24338678170073.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1512\" width=\"1409\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24338678170073.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap24338678170073.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"An image provided by the Pennsylvania State Police shows the top of a sinkhole in Marguerite, Pennsylvania, where rescuers were searching for a woman who disappeared.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1512\" width=\"1409\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd000b3b6m4dwbxb03@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Company Chief John Bacha said he took an initial look in the hole using a ladder and a harness but did not spot Pollard.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd000c3b6mdj6erqtw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cYou couldn\u2019t even get close enough to the hole because of the way it was undermined,\u201d Bacha said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd000d3b6m4kbwi3tj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cA lot of the little villages around here are old coal patch towns,\u201d Bacha added. \u201cVery common to find a lot of mines in these areas, obviously a concern to have these mine subsidence issues.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd000e3b6mqxxzki5m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Specialized rescue crews and excavation teams were brought in to help with the search, officials said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd000f3b6mt03ytipq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While no sounds have been picked up by monitoring equipment, the rescue teams spotted a shoe in the sinkhole using a camera, Bacha said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd000g3b6mw5z97t58@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cLet\u2019s just say it\u2019s a modern shoe, not something you would find in a coal mine in Marguerite in 1940.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm49fcufd000i3b6mtzqy9443@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Search efforts will continue overnight, Limani said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" 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