Has anyone else heard this story? I did, and then it kinda sorta disappeared which has me wondering even more about what might really be going on. I mean, 71 girls on a school field trip makes sense, but it’s not normal for girls that age to go exploring tunnels, especially en masse like that, and while the footage here is fuzzied, it appears they were clean.
Any NYC residents wish to comment further?
If you google 71 girls manhole you get lots of hits. Here’s a Reddit thread:
Were there any slightly deficient Islamic martyrs nearby?
I agree with this guy, there’s no trafficking going on, HERE, but it’s still a very puzzling story.
I get the feeling somebody just made a shitload of money on a prediction market.
TL : DR - it sounds like people who live in the area weren’t surprised about this.
I don’t get what’s puzzling about it? Bunch of kids find a tunnel on a field trip, explore it, and climb up a ladder which ends up behind a restaurant. It’s weird, but what more needs to be explained?
Well, either the adults who were guiding the field trip just let them do it, or there weren’t any adults guiding it. Either one implies that something went wrong.
Anyone got a non-Youtube link to this story? Text, preferably?
One of those girls must be a powerful alpha to convince 70 girls to follow her that far into a dark tunnel.
CBS NY covered it.
Nyack in Rockland County is not in NYC.
It’s an outer suburb of NYC, over an hour to Manhattan. There are several towns with large populations of Orthodox Jews, easily recognized by the girls’ longer skirts and the boys’ prayer curls.
71 is an awfully precise number for such a vaguely covered story.
Here are 2 written, non-video sources:
Over 70 Schoolgirls Helped Out From Underground Tunnels After Getting Lost In Rockland: Report
Jewish schoolgirls get lost in NY creek tunnel; antisemitism ensues online | The Times of Israel
Regarding the antisemitism, I’ve heard people who live there complain about the Orthodox groups not fitting in with “suburban quality of life”, not paying taxes, running overcrowded unregulated schools. Apart from that, I don’t know much about the situation and have no idea whether the complaints are at all valid.
I just have the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt theme in my head.
It happens every day, if you’re a gopher.
Seems that online conspiracy theorists and bigots were consumed by fears of Jewish girls emerging from a sewer. 
Here’s one, also from CBS News.
The same kind of thing would likely have happened if the kids were from a Christian or Muslim private school, from those angles as well.
Nyack is not in New York City. You should probably have a mod fix your title.