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vienna · 06-20-13, 04:59 PM

I would like to add the dangers of the Pits is not just the gases and the tar; the pit bottoms are very like quicksand and will grab, hold, and pull under anyone or anything that rests on the bottom. This officer could very easily have been stuck on the bottom and suffocated. The number of times anyone has intentionally dived into the main pit is extremely rare; even the people doing the adjacent fossil digs steer clear of the main pit. The effort of the LAPD to retrieve any evidence in the pit is almost unheard of and, as one other poster has noted, the officer in question does indeed deserve a medal or some other recognition for duty above and beyond...

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06-20-13, 04:59 PM	#9
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,715 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I would like to add the dangers of the Pits is not just the gases and the tar; the pit bottoms are very like quicksand and will grab, hold, and pull under anyone or anything that rests on the bottom. This officer could very easily have been stuck on the bottom and suffocated. The number of times anyone has intentionally dived into the main pit is extremely rare; even the people doing the adjacent fossil digs steer clear of the main pit. The effort of the LAPD to retrieve any evidence in the pit is almost unheard of and, as one other poster has noted, the officer in question does indeed deserve a medal or some other recognition for duty above and beyond... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __