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City crews rescue portable toilet thrown over hillside at West End Overlook

portable toilet rescue Crews pull a portable toilet 75 feet up the hillside at the West End Overlook. (Pittsburgh Bureau of Public Safety)

PITTSBURGH — City crews rescued a portable toilet that vandals tossed over the hillside at the West End Overlook several months ago.

Rescue crews used the operation as a chance to refresh high-angle rescue skills and pull the toilet 75 feet up the hillside.

Last week, someone used an explosive device to damage a portable toilet at a construction site.

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