Man Survives Trip To Incinerator

A man who was sleeping in a trash bin survived a garbage truck’s compactor and a near-brush with an incinerator.

Workers at the incinerator near Pompano Beach, Fla., discovered the man Thursday.

“They saw some hands,” said Eric Selya, the incinerator’s safety director. “There’s a good chance he would have been bulldozed, buried and covered over.”

The man was conscious when pulled free and was rushed to North Broward Medical Center. He had no identification on him and gave the hospital the name of Cuba Savido. He suffered only scrapes and bruises.