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A Long Island woman narrowly escaped being buried alive when she was swallowed into an eight-foot-deep cesspool hole in her backyard on her birthday.
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Danielle Tammone, a Bohemia resident, was outside in her backyard celebrating her 47th birthday when she was suddenly plunged into darkness underground.
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It all started when her feet began to sink in the green grass and in a matter of seconds the ground broke open beneath her.
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'It happened so quickly.
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My feet just sunk a little bit.
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I didn’t even have time, and then I was just, whoop, down a hole, in the ground,' Tammone told 1010 Wins.
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She described the conditions of the hole to be filled with muddy water surrounding her but said 'I was lucky, I was standing on a pile of sod.'
In an attempt to climb up the walls she squirmed around the narrow space but was unable to find grip because of the slippery mud.
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She explained feeling panicked while the stones and brick began to crumble down.
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Tammone worried this birthday would be her last as her thoughts drifted to the worst possible scenario.
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'You’re like, "Wow, I could die today.
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This could not end well.
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I could be buried alive,’’ because that’s what you’re thinking,' she told the outlet.
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She described screaming 'bloody murder' during the ten minutes she was trapped before two strangers who lived nearby came to her rescue and called 911.
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Danielle Tammone, a Bohemia resident, was outside in her backyard celebrating her 47th birthday when she was suddenly plunged into darkness underground in a 8-foot-deep cesspool hole.
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It all started when her feet began to sink in the green grass and in matter of seconds the ground broke open beneath her
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Ring camera footage from her home captured the intense moments of her screams for help.
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Her golden retriever dog named Daisy circled around the hole in distress looking for where the screams were coming from
She described screaming 'bloody murder' during the ten minutes she was trapped before two strangers who lived nearby came to her rescue and called 911.
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Her neighbors, Maggie and Christy Chanowsky, initially couldn't figure out what was happening until they ran over to her backyard
Ring camera footage from her home captured the intense moments of her screams for help.
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Her golden retriever dog named Daisy circled around the hole in distress looking for where the screams were coming from.
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Her neighbors, Christine Chanowsky and Maggie, initially couldn't figure out what was happening until they ran over to her backyard and looked down into the cesspool hole.
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'At first, we thought she was in the shed or something.
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We were not looking on the ground,' Chanowsky told CBS News.
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'Oh my God, she fell into the ground.
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We are on the phone with 911,' one neighbor said in the video.
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'You're going to be fine, Danielle.
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They are on their way,' the other neighbor told her.
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They spoke to Tammone and encouraged her to keep screaming until help arrived.
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Police officers rushed to the scene to save her with a ladder and pull her out from underground.
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It is unclear if she experienced any injuries from the fall.
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Tammone worried this birthday would be her last as her thoughts drifted to the worst possible scenario.
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'You’re like, "Wow, I could die today.
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This could not end well.
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I could be buried alive,' she told 1010 Wins
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She explained she was overcome with gratitude for the neighbors and police officials help as they even sang her happy birthday after she was rescued.
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'I was tearing up.
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I was crying.
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As soon as she got out of the hole, just gave her the biggest hug,' Chanowsky told the outlet.
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Tammone explained she was overcome with gratitude for their help, and her neighbors even sang her happy birthday after she was rescued.
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The Daily Mail has reached out to Danielle Tammone for comment and additional details on her condition since the accident.
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