To clarify for anyone unfamiliar - this isn't a manhole cover in the traditional sense. It was a 2000 pound hunk of solid steel. It makes this story much more p

To clarify for anyone unfamiliar - this isn't a manhole cover in the traditional sense. It was a 2000 pound hunk of solid steel. It makes this story much more plausible because a regular manhole cover would blow into a million pieces