One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Lifesaver

In the aftermath of last week's blizzard, large piles of trash had gone uncollected in the city for days. It was widely reported in the media yesterday that a man who attempted suicide by jumping from his ninth floor apartment survived because he landed in a heap of trash bags. It was probably the only good news from a post-blizzard week marked by the much criticized slow snow-plowing response and finger pointing. The picture of recyclables above was taken outside our apartment building yesterday.