Porcelain’s Flying at Illinois Courthouse as 5 Toilets Explode
Be careful about where you sit in the Sangamon County Building, where the toilets have been exploding lately.
A water tank in the building’s basement filled with air Tuesday, and the excess pressure caused five toilets to be blown apart, sending the porcelain flying.
Court reporter Jerry Wedeking was a witness. He flushed a toilet in a fourth-floor jury room and saw dollar-size pieces of porcelain fly around him.
“The first thing I did was check to see if there were any pieces sticking in me,” said Wedeking, a 27-year courthouse veteran.
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