LOS ANGELES – City crews were on the verge of welding a manhole cover shut in South Los Angeles on Wednesday morning when a surprise discovery stopped them in their tracks.
“Hey, there’s someone down there,” one of the workers wearing an orange vest said, pointing into the storm drain at West 88th Street and South Grand Avenue.
Seconds later, a man in his late 20s climbed out of the darkness, carrying with him a pink polka dot roller suitcase. He walked away and, minutes later, the bright light of a welding gun sealed the manhole shut…