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Howard Levitt was driving through a record-breaking rainstorm in Toronto, Ont., Canada, when what he took for a puddle turned out to be something more: rising waters around a broken sewer main. The flood immobilized the $200,000 Ferrari Levitt had “always wanted.” With the waters reaching his window, Levitt said, he forced the door open and escaped. Then he faced a simple choice, said Levitt, an employment lawyer: “I could stay with an immovable vehicle or go to the court hearing where my client needed me to be.” He found a cab and — after finding all flights from Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport canceled — caught a flight to Ottawa from another airport. Levitt arrived in court wet, but he won his case. (AC/National Post) ...He was widely mocked for abandoning his Ferrari ...by people who don't have Ferraris.Original Publication Date: 14 July 2013
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