By JENNIFER BARRIOS jennifer.barrios@newsday.com
Michael Caron, 80, of Oceanside was rescued by police officers and firefighters after he fell into a sinkhole in his front yard Sunday morning as he went to get his newspaper. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Oct. 30, 2011)
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Michael Ciron's walk down his lawn for his morning newspapers Sunday took a little longer than he expected.
Ciron, 80, of Oceanside, said that about 9:30 a.m. he fell 8 to 9 feet into a narrow hole that appeared in his front lawn -- landing in his slippers in wet, shifting sand -- before being quickly rescued unscathed by local firefighters.
"When I fell down there, it was scary," he...
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