The Dangers of Sleeping in Dumpsters "A Waste Management driver making the rounds in a Shady Grove research office park yesterday got the 4 a.m. scare of his life when he emptied a park Dumpster into his truck -- and a man climbed out of the garbage. 'He looked out his sindshield and saw legs coming down,' said Capt. John Rooney of Montgomery County Fire and Rescue" (Susan Levine, The Washington Post, March 31, 1998).
"Waste Management Inc. said the man apparently had been sleeping in a different Dumpster around the corner in the 2400 block of Research Boulevard. The driver made a pickup there, compacted his load once and continued to his next stop, where he was surprised to learn he had a passenger. 'We're very fortunate [the man] made it out,' said Robert Guidry, the company's environmental health and safety director'" (Susan Levine, The Washington Post, March 31, 1998).
"Fire officials refused to release the man's name, saying they had not been able to confirm it or his address. He was transferred later to Washington Adventist Hospital ofr psychiatric observation, Rooney said" (Susan Levine, The Washington Post, March 31, 1998).
