# 10 cops buried alive was a hoax

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 14, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-cops-buried-alive-was-a-hoax/81595 "2001-09-14T14:23:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monkeypants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Monkeypants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkeypants)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-cops-buried-alive-was-a-hoax/81595/1 "2001-09-14T14:23:57Z")

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I didn’t quite know what category to put this in, so it’s in GQ. Mods, please move it if it needs to be moved.

I was on the verge of posting a message to ask about the 10 policemen trapped in the mall underneath the WTC, because they were big news yesterday and I hadn’t heard anything since.

I have just heard during the televised press conference that the woman who was the “wife” of one of these men, and had him on the cellphone saying he was trapped with 9 others, was lying.

She got a ride down to the scene with a cop, and everyone’s spirits were lifted last night when she said she had him on the phone. Rumors were that the Police Chief had taken the phone from her and confirmed it.

Turns out, she made it up. She was born in '77, and the cop whose name and badge she gave was 55 years old.

What possesses people to do things like this?

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-cops-buried-alive-was-a-hoax/81595/2 "2001-09-14T16:23:14Z")

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This isn’t exactly a general question. Probably MPSIMS is the best place for it.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-cops-buried-alive-was-a-hoax/81595/3 "2001-09-14T16:25:20Z")

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Fortunately, they are throwing the book at her, with reckless endangerment, interfering with emergency operations, filing a false report, and even a federal statute or two if they can (this from the Mayor’s news conference this morning).

Pretty disgusting, though.

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**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-cops-buried-alive-was-a-hoax/81595/4 "2001-09-14T16:39:08Z")

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That was definately a pathetic cry for attention.

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-cops-buried-alive-was-a-hoax/81595/5 "2001-09-14T17:17:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Monkeypants \*  
> \*\*What possesses people to do things like this? \*\*

Someone asked this question at the Mayor’s press conference. His answer: “She’s nuts.”