Summary
Elizabeth Pollard, a 64-year-old Pennsylvania grandmother, was found dead 30 feet below the surface after falling into a sinkhole connected to a decades-old mine shaft while searching for her cat.
The four-day search shifted from rescue to recovery as hopes of finding her alive diminished. Pollard’s car was discovered nearby with her 5-year-old granddaughter inside, unharmed despite freezing temperatures.
Authorities plan to stabilize the area to prevent future sinkhole incidents, as abandoned mines pose ongoing risks in southwestern Pennsylvania.
As a father of little ones I’m rather grateful this isn’t a “grandmother falls in sinkhole while 5 year old child found dead in car” story. I get haunted by those fucked up stories.
I wonder if the cats ok… they can usually survive it there aren’t preditors like coyotes.
The headline says the cat was dead
I think the headline states the grandmother was found dead, after falling down a sinkhole while searching for her cat.
“cat found dead after 4 day search”
It’s badly worded. She fell in a sinkhole while looking for her cat. She was found dead after 4 days. The headline could have been clearer if they’d included the words “while” and “has been”. *Grandmother who fell down a sinkhole while looking for her cat has been found dead. *
The cat may be dead, but the headline doesn’t say so.