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Arizona man dies after parachuting from cell tower
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Posted on 12/05/2009 4:41:55 PM PST by Chet 99
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Authorities say a Tucson man has died after parachuting from a cell phone tower at night and hitting high-voltage power lines.
Pinal County sheriff's Lt. Tamatha Villar says 23-year-old Darrell Dunafon and two friends broke into a cell tower site about 30 miles south of Phoenix on Friday night and were parachuting off the approximately 400-foot-tall antennae. Dunafon's parachute became tangled in nearby 12,000-volt power lines and he was shocked with a live wire.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: basejumping; holdmuhbeer; napl; parachute
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:41:56 PM PST
by
Chet 99
To: Chet 99
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:42:31 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom sarc ;))
To: All
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:43:01 PM PST
by
Chet 99
To: Chet 99
Must have quite a jolt.
Shocking, really.
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:43:15 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Chet 99
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:43:18 PM PST
by
Textide
To: Chet 99
Senseless. Just senseless.
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:43:42 PM PST
by
exit82
(Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
To: Chet 99
To: Chet 99
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:44:44 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Chet 99
Current news in base jumping.
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:44:58 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Green bean casserole is a culinary curse upon mankind)
To: Chet 99
They must have been “base jumping” not technically parachuting in the traditional sense. Didn’t do the homework on the wires in his path and paid the ultimate price. Thrill-seekers take note.
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:45:08 PM PST
by
word_warrior_bob
(You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
To: tet68
"Shocking, really." Yep...this should have been posted under Current Events.
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:45:26 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Chet 99
he was shocked with a live wire.Shocked? At 12KV, I would say he was fried. I bet it took a good hour before the appropriate people could be contacted to turn the juice off.
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:46:04 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always)
To: Chet 99
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:46:12 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?)...R.I.P.)
To: Chet 99
I BET HE GOT A TINGLE UP HIS LEG!
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:46:53 PM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Are my guns loaded? Break in and find out.)
To: Rebelbase
Your comment is just plain revolting!
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:47:33 PM PST
by
umgud
(I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
To: Chet 99
Had he reproduced yet? We may have a winner for this year’s award.
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:48:00 PM PST
by
Jemian
To: Zhang Fei
I bet it took a good hour before the appropriate people could be contacted to turn the juice off.
I don’t think he was too concerned at that point.
It’s one thing to jump out of a perfectly good airplane,
it’s another to jump out of a perfectly good building...
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:49:31 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Chet 99
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:50:30 PM PST
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
To: Chet 99
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:51:48 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Chet 99; Slings and Arrows; Jeremiah Jr; null and void; dighton; aculeus; Constitution Day; ...
Darrell Dunafon and two friends... ...also named Darrell? Just wondering.
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posted on
12/05/2009 4:52:03 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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