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Article: Abducted Executive Found Buried Alive In Manhattan Pit; 2 Suspects Arrested, Man Rescued Soon After Ransom Money Is Paid
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- The Washington Post
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- August 17, 1993
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Police found Harvey Weinstein, a tuxedo company chief executive,
buried alive in a pit on Manhattan's Upper West Side this afternoon,
11 days after he allegedly was kidnapped on his way to work.
After a ransom was paid and two suspects were arrested this
morning, police combed a ravine off Henry Hudson Parkway calling
Weinstein's name, they said.
"Finally, they heard a response," Police Commissioner Raymond W.
Kelly said. "He said, `I'm here,' " and officers began digging in the
dirt with their hands. They found a plywood cover and beneath it a
metal door weighted by concrete blocks. Under that, Kelly said, they
found Weinstein, 68, covered in soot, and exhausted.
His first words, ...