Lawyer Maimed in Possible Alcohol Related Incident

Everyone knows, or should know, that alcohol is a depressant that adversely affects the drinker's judgment.  The more you drink, the worse your judgment is affected.  Acting with impaired judgment may lead to very bad consequences.  In other words, when you drink, bad things can happen to you.

A New York attorney was reminded of the these truths and, while lucky to be alive, still suffered horrible injuries resulting from her apparent alcohol impaired decisions.  The sources we have managed to read do not confirm that alcohol played a part in the sad chain of events described below, so read on with an open mind and open heart. 

We don't know how we missed the following event, which occurred in late October, and we apologize for not blogging about this earlier.  But better late than never as they say.   

A New York attorney from Manhattan returned to her apartment building - possibly after a night of drinking - only to realize that she didn't have her keys.  This presented two immediate problems.  First, she needed a key to get into the apartment building.  Second, once inside the building, she needed a key to get into her apartment.

Our unfortunate attorney solved problem number one by ringing the bell of all the residents inside the building until finally someone buzzed her in.  The fact that it was around 6:00 a.m. undoubtedly caused some annoyance to her neighbors, but perhaps one should expect these things in Manhattan apartments.

Once inside her apartment building the inebriated attorney embarked upon her plan to gain entrance to her actual apartment.  The plan involved sliding down the garbage chute to the basement, making her way into the apartment building's garden, and then climbing through one of the windows to her first floor apartment.

Tragically, the attorney neglected to plan for the trash compacting mechanism inside the chute, which she activated during her downward plunge.  It grabbed her arm, smashed it, nearly tore it off, and trapped her for about 45 minutes.      

The story is here, here, here, here and all over the rest of the internet.

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