Locksmith cracks Ore. safe that baffled MIT expert

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This locksmith is more expert than the experts! In 2 1/2 hours, Tom Gorham of Longview got the safe open by spinning the dial and feeling for grooves to get the combination, a technique called manipulation. "You've got to have a lot of patience, and concentration doesn't hurt," Gorham said. Gorham trekked to Astoria, a town about 40 miles west of Longview and 70 miles northwest of Portland, Ore., to try his luck with the 1-ton safe found during renovation at a cannery there. The cannery's owner, Floyd Holcomb, wanted it opened without damage. Never under estimate a regular person... What do you think? Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_fe_st/odd_safe_cracked;_ylt=AhypOxPMxndN4c.leu6t35PtiBIF