Sewer Rat

Sewer Rat

Philadelphia, PA

Summer, 1966

I think the kid was only 12 or 13 when this happened.  He was a year older than me. He lived a few blocks away from us.  He was friends with my brother.

 He was playing near a sewer opening with other kids when he slipped and fell right in to the sewer.  He quickly vanished out of sight.  The other kids screamed and ran and got help.  The police showed up, an ambulance showed up and so did lots of news reporters.

Kevin, the kid, could not be found. He had been swept away in all that dirty water, down the dark, underground tunnel system.  The whole city went in to panic mode and a few hours later, the kid was found.  He was several miles away from home.  He wasn’t hurt.  He may have been knocked unconscious for a little bit because he could not articulate what happened once he feel in.  But thereafter, everyone referred to him as Sewer Rat.

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