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Admin · Posted March 27th, 2009, 10:17 AM

A couple of terrifying things about this incident... One, the hole was estimated to be 20 feet deep. The girl was lucky to be caught by a pipe. Two, this was an old septic system... Can you iamgine falling 20 feet and landing into that?

Original story and news video is here.

Ground Swallows Girl As She Plays Baseball

A 9-year-old girl playing baseball on city land Wednesday was suddenly swallowed by a sink hole and was rescued by the children playing with her.

The child's grandmother said it's a miracle her granddaughter is alive after she fell through the top of an old septic or cesspool system in a vacant lot owned by the city of Portland.

No one knew it was there and the city filled the hole Thursday afternoon. City workers said the hole was anywhere from 16 to 20 feet deep.

What seemed like a carefree game of baseball Wednesday turned scary for three children when Paje Wiklund, 9, disappeared under the ground as she was running to first base.

"When I got there I fell down, down on my bottom, and it was all dark," Paje said.

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Zoe · Posted March 27th, 2009, 10:46 AM

I found this line a bit amusing:

"She's got an angel watching. She has too," Karin Wiklund said.

I'm wondering if someone interjected there with, "She has not." I may not be privvy to the business of guardian angels, but I don't think I'd trust an angel that would allow me to step into a shithole.

Charleene · Posted March 28th, 2009, 12:11 AM

Shes lucky she didnt fall further. But the question I ask is, with all the baseball fields and playgrounds and stuff out there, why was she playing in some vacant lot? And why werent there any adults around? Either way, Im glad she wasnt hurt and Im glad they filled the hole so no one else can have this problem.

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Zoe Senior Member Posts: 2,584 Blog Entries: 5 Thanked 434 Times LOLed 403 Times	#2 Posted March 27th, 2009, 10:46 AM I found this line a bit amusing: "She's got an angel watching. She has too," Karin Wiklund said. I'm wondering if someone interjected there with, "She has not." I may not be privvy to the business of guardian angels, but I don't think I'd trust an angel that would allow me to step into a shithole.

Charleene Senior Member Posts: 1,002 Blog Entries: 2 Thanked 114 Times LOLed 121 Times	#3 Posted March 28th, 2009, 12:11 AM Shes lucky she didnt fall further. But the question I ask is, with all the baseball fields and playgrounds and stuff out there, why was she playing in some vacant lot? And why werent there any adults around? Either way, Im glad she wasnt hurt and Im glad they filled the hole so no one else can have this problem.