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Coverage dated August 25, 2026

NYPD reveals new details after people seen crawling out of manhole near Penn Station, says sewer scavengers are migrants

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NYPD detectives say the scavengers filmed climbing out of a manhole near Penn Station are migrants searching the sewers for anything of value.

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    NYPD reveals new details after people seen crawling out of manhole near Penn Station, says sewer scavengers are migrants (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    NYPD detectives say the scavengers filmed climbing out of a manhole near Penn Station are migrants searching the sewers for anything of value.

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