For the second time in three weeks, a worker died after going into a septic tank to make repairs. Florida media reported Monday that Thomas Gill, 50, co-owner of a chain of Esther’s restaurants, died when he was overcome by fumes inside a septic tank at one of the eateries in North Miami.
A 20-year-old cashier at the restaurant, Rochny Jules, heard Gill screaming for help and entered the septic tank to try and rescue him. Jules soon was also overcome by fumes in the tank and was pulled out of the tank by others at the scene. Jules said he
