Police cite luck in finding executive who was buried alive. (Originated from Chicgo Tribune)

    NEW YORK _ Had the growl of traffic on the nearby highway been only slightly louder, had the tired detectives clawing through the vines and brambles of the overgrown Manhattan railyard been only a few feet farther away, Harvey Weinstein might never have been found in the pit where his kidnappers buried him alive. 
    ``To tell you the truth, it was very lucky that we found him. Had we not happened to have been there, on that spot, I think he'd be there to this day,'' said Detective William Mondore, who, with his partner, discovered the 68-year-old millionaire tuxedo executive Monday and dragged him out of the stifling pear-shaped crypt where he had been shackled for 12 days. 
    Barely discernible over the roar of traffic, Weinstein's faint cries for help led the detectives to the well-camouflaged tomb. 
    Located on an isolated embankment between the Hudson River Parkway and the Hudson River on Manhattan's West Side, the pit was a 4-by-5-foot space carved out 14 feet below the surface. It was lined in plastic bubble wrap and sealed with a 125-pound ...