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RC helicopter lops top of man’s head off
NY Post ^ | 9/5/13 | Kirstan Conley

Posted on 09/05/2013 2:33:56 PM PDT by jimbo123

A young man was scalped and killed by the blades of a model remote-controlled helicopter that chopped off the top of his head in Gravesend, Brooklyn today, sources said.

The 19-year-old victim — a well-known model helicopter enthusiast — was on the corner of Shore Parkway and Bay 44th Street around 3:40 p.m., when he lost control of the toy aircraft, it boomeranged and sliced off the top of his head

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: brooklyn; gravesend; newyork; newyorkcity; ouch; rchelicopterviolence
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To: tacticalogic

It would certainly fend off some of the black mob attacks we’ve been reading about.


81 posted on 09/05/2013 4:47:53 PM PDT by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: jimbo123
Well, at least for a few seconds there he was wearing a REAL propeller beanie cap.

Leni

82 posted on 09/05/2013 4:48:39 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: steve86

Did I forget to put a . before the 65?


83 posted on 09/05/2013 6:02:46 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: foxfield
Reminds me of the stewardess who backed into a rotating propeller—disaster.

It also happened to a firefly: delighted.

84 posted on 09/05/2013 7:03:44 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it)
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To: MV=PY
It also happened to a firefly: delighted.

I had a firefly plaster itself to a lens of my glasses while riding a motorcycle once. Not a fun time.

85 posted on 09/05/2013 7:06:53 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks jimbo123.
a well-known model helicopter enthusiast
If he wasn't well-known before...


86 posted on 09/05/2013 7:19:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: P-Marlowe
No remote Control Helicopter could lop off a person’s head.

Not exactly what you were thinking of, but THIS 'remote control helicopter' will slice & dice anyone.

Kaman’s Unmanned Aerial Systems K-Max UAT


87 posted on 09/05/2013 7:29:07 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("Life is short. It's even shorter if you suggest going out for pizza on your anniversary" Peter Egan)
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To: jimbo123

Rest in peace, and I hope your family doesn’t see what idiots on this site posted about your death.


88 posted on 09/06/2013 3:33:15 AM PDT by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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