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MassDOT: Can't find evidence that anything fell from O'Neill Tunnel ceiling

By adamg on Wed, 07/09/2014 - 7:38pm


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By DTP on Wed, 07/09/2014 - 8:28pm.

So what do we think, hoax?

If something that large fell from the ceiling, you'd be able to tell where it fell from, and they'd certainly be able to see it on camera.

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By adamg on Wed, 07/09/2014 - 9:05pm.

Something fell off a truck in front of him/her ...

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By DTP on Thu, 07/10/2014 - 7:51am.

Which could well be a possibility, but then that wouldn't be something falling from the ceiling, now would it?

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By TomW on Thu, 07/10/2014 - 8:20am.

But, if it were a lightweight object, it could be blown upwards before it fell. And, that might be enough to make someone think it came from the ceiling. For example, in winter, when truck drivers don't clear the snow off the top, the snow will often break off in large, thin chunks that get blown up 5 or so feet above the truck.

Who knows, though. I was skeptical when I first saw that post on Reddit, which basically looked like this: "Hi, a piece of the tunnel ceiling fell on me and I decided not to call 911 and report a potentially life-threatening condition... I figured it would be better to post about it on the internet instead. Please advise."

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By Arborway on Thu, 07/10/2014 - 11:34am.

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By DTP on Thu, 07/10/2014 - 1:34pm.

Exactly. Surely if some thing significant actually fell in front of this person they would have called 911 immediately.

I know I would have.

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By bibliotequetress on Thu, 07/10/2014 - 8:42am.

I don't have & don't want a reddit account. Could somebody please update the comments on the original post?

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By EAB on Thu, 07/10/2014 - 1:02pm.

You don't need an account to view the post. Just click on the link to it in the article above.

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By bibliotequetress on Thu, 07/10/2014 - 9:51pm.

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I read the original on reddit, but as of this morning, no one had updated the poster that it had been checked out. Stuff on reddit spins out of control & into tinfoil asshat land so quickly, I figured it would help to stop (some of) it by posting that no evidence of falling ceiling was found.

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By TomW on Thu, 07/10/2014 - 1:59pm.

I don't think you need to have an account to read, just to post and to customize the items you see. Here is a link to the original post: http://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/2a69my/a_piece_of_the_oneill_tun...

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