 Mad_Gremlyn
Male, 18-29, Western US
 325 Posts
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Saturday, July 09, 2011 9:44:52 AM
So how many firefighters has George Bush watched die at this point? He's got quite a tally going on there. |
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 5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
16977 Posts
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Saturday, July 09, 2011 9:06:02 AM
Putting up nets and safety rails all over would block the fans view of the game. Hardly practical. It's sad, but I'd wager more people are hurt and killed in traffic accidents comming to and going from the game, eh?
It's perception, not reality. |
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 mykunter
Male, 40-49, Southern US
1587 Posts
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Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:41:32 AM
That's sad and all, but I bet they will put up safety nets, or something, all around the stadium now.
For now, Darwin: 1 (almost 2), Rangers Ballpark: 0 |
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 unclelar
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
94 Posts
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Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:13:26 AM
He died of a heart attack on the way to the hospital. |
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 almightybob1
Male, 18-29, Europe
4278 Posts
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Saturday, July 09, 2011 2:22:07 AM
Updated with Simcoe's link, although embedding is disabled.
Shame for the guy, and especially his family. |
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Zymotical
Male, 18-29, Western US
199 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 10:20:05 PM
xCYBERDYNEx - "That's messed up, they need to implement new safety features out there. This happened exactly 1 year and 1 day after someone else fell at the same ballpark."
No, people need to be responsible for their own actions. The railing is there so that people don't just fall off the edge, NOT so you can lean over it to grab a $5 ball. If anything people should start getting ejected for putting themselves in harms way for a stupid souvenir.
Good riddance to the dad, for not looking out for his child's future needs and putting his life on the line for a $5 ball. |
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 Simcoe
Male, 30-39, Canada
127 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 7:06:53 PM
News report on the incident that does show the video, but you don't see anything.
http://youtu.be/Aesp8ViZbro |
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 Willowwatch
Female, 30-39, Midwest US
735 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 6:24:48 PM
They said it looked like he actually caught the ball. I can't imagine that the family would want it though. What an awkward conversation that would be. I feel so bad for his son. He was right there when it happened and it looked like the rest of the family was not there. How terrible for him. :( |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23996 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 4:16:27 PM
removed |
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 Ani187
Female, 30-39, Midwest US
3815 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 4:11:31 PM
Not that I'm particularly interested in watching a guy fall to his (soon to be) death, but the video has been removed.
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 xCYBERDYNEx
Male, 18-29, Southern US
4798 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 3:44:46 PM
@Revolutioniz, he died on the way to the hospital. It's all over the news here |
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xCYBERDYNEx
Male, 18-29, Southern US
4798 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 3:42:59 PM
That's messed up, they need to implement new safety features out there. This happened exactly 1 year and 1 day after someone else fell at the same ballpark. |
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Kodyo
Male, 18-29, Southern US
225 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 2:14:34 PM
Too soon, Ed, too soon. |
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 Subushie
Male, 18-29, Southern US
1643 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 2:07:26 PM
that's awful... Poor kid =( the dad was reaching that far probably was getting it for his son, not for himself. |
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 NATattack
Female, 18-29, Southern US
286 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 12:09:58 PM
Poor kid watched his dad fall and then had to be taken down by the person next to him to his body to say goodbye before he passed. So sad. |
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 tobyvictory
Male, 70 & Over, Asia
412 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 12:04:36 PM
That's too bad. With all the empty seats it looks like the Rangers need all the fans they can get. |
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 Aedran
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
295 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 12:00:28 PM
Guy was named Shannon Stone. He was alive and then on the way to the hospital he died from injuries sustained. |
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 ED-209
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
51 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 11:11:13 AM
"Looks like He didn't keep his eye," *puts on sunglasses*,"on the ball."
YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! |
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 Renaud-
Male, 18-29, Canada
425 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 10:44:07 AM
Another contender for the Darwin award... |
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cyborg
Male, 13-17, Midwest US
2799 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 10:40:01 AM
that's awful. |
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 savemejebus
Female, 30-39, Midwest US
143 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 9:34:38 AM
For his sake, I really hope he loved the Rangers. |
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 beardtats
Male, 18-29, Canada
255 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 9:15:24 AM
a) i love how the commentators casually chuckle about it before they grasp the gravity of the situation, and the game continues on.
b) how do you think the player that threw the ball up to them feels? |
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 eovogt
Male, 18-29, Canada
197 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 9:04:46 AM
The most exciting thing to happen to baseball since...well the beginning of baseball! |
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 patchouly
Male, 40-49, Canada
2976 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 8:34:36 AM
The fall was bad because he was pinned between the board and the stands, most of the way down. It "aimed" him at the ground, head first.
After the fall, witnesses said he was asking for someone to check on his son. He was awake and moving. The newspapers are reporting that he died of heart failure, in the ambulance, on the way to the hospital.
The whole thing is a terrible tragedy. Not only was a life lost, but another (his son's) has been forever destroyed. How does one grow up normally, being present when something like this happens? My thoughts go out to his son and family. |
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darkmagic14n
Male, 18-29, Western US
1634 Posts
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Friday, July 08, 2011 8:29:17 AM
@davisboy
I think the irony is that he was a fireman, one of the more dangerous jobs in the world |
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