Drop A Spoon, Save Your Life

Odd little story out of Sodus, New York (the old stomping grounds). A 73-year old woman was saved by a dropped spoon. She bent over to retrieve the fallen utensil and her house was literally leveled by an explosion.

SODUS, N.Y. - Dropping something may have saved Joy Horton's life. The 73-year-old woman was preparing some food in her western New York home on Monday morning when she dropped a spoon on the floor of her kitchen. When she bent down, her house exploded.

The explosion leveled her home in the Wayne County town of Sodus, on Lake Ontario about 25 miles east of Rochester.

Horton wasn't seriously injured. She crawled out from underneath the rubble and walked to her daughter's home nearby to get help.

I've heard of saved by the bell, but spared by the spoon? One hopes she held on to that spoon.

Sodus is home to the Ontario Midland Railroad, a tiny railroad that only covers about 56 miles of track. It is the remains of the old Hojack line. I mention it because in the fall foliage season they run passenger excursions using old New York Central passenger cars. My wife and I have been on one of those - it was quite a fun little day trip.