Medical examiner breaks down excruciating cause of death from falling in NYC manhole — following mom Donike Gocaj’s tragic death

Source: New York Post

It’s the “worst way” to die in New York City. Falling into a manhole – as devoted mother Donike Gocaj did late Monday – can expose victims to boiling hot steam that’ll kill them, a former city medical examiner once told The Post. Judy Melinek recounted her at-times stomach-churning experience as medical examiner in 2014, in tandem with the release of her book “Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner.