- Woman falls off border wall near Otay Mesa, CA (Sun, Aug 2nd). Taken into custody, and in the hospital. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2020-08-02/woman-falls-off-secondary-border-wall-near-otay-mesa
- (Mexican) Woman dies after falling from (18 Foot) border fence near Sunland Park, NM (Western suburb of El Paso) (8 July). Found unresponsive, her head bleeding, less than 20 feet north of the border wall.
Two Points:
1. This shows how tough of a physical obstacle these new barriers are. Picking up bodies near the base of the old border barrier was not really much of a thing. It is now becoming a thing. The new normal.
2. Word of these incidents is going to get around back through the Latin American media and culture. Deterrence is going to develop.
First there is this sudden bloom of new bollards spreading along the Border this Summer and Fall, like mushrooms after the rain. Then there will accumulate these new cases of death and crippling, as the existing flow of illegals encounters the new Super Barrier, and gives it a try. Eventually, conventional wisdom will grow of how dangerous it is to attempt climbing these bollards. We should post blunt warning signs: "Falls Kill!" with a mangled stick figure lying in front of a crying child stick figure.
This process will lag several months behind the new bollards being set into place. While the supporting components of the Wall System - finished high speed road, stadium lighting, Day/Night cameras, multiple alarms and sensor systems, concertina emplacement - get activated over the following months, this process of tragic outcomes becoming the local poster children for deterrence will also be occurring.
I'm guessing that for a good six months after the bollards go in somewhere, the initial big improvement in operational control will gradually get even better, due to these other effects.
The end state is going to be an effectively controlled border, where this new Wall System goes in.
We are really just starting to see the flow start crashing on the new Wall, but every month from here on out, the effects are going to intensify.
wall seems to be working.
good.
So? Hope it sends a strong message to others to stop trying.
and they said walls don’t work
Wait a minute... we’re paying these criminals’ hospital bills.
The Dems in Congress will scream the wall is killing people, it must be removed.
They misspelled Invader
Unfortunately, some people are going to have to learn the hard way, not to climb our fences. These incidents are concentrated in areas of recent construction - especially the two from this last weekend.
After an initial flush in the first few months, or maybe a year or two, the rate of these incidents will decline, as people get deterred, and as Border Patrol continues to strengthen that segment, incrementally finishing all the supporting components of the comprehensive Wall System package.
Just the addition of concertina on top of the bollards will keep most people from trying them.
Rule of thumb in drops from height. Highly dependent on what you land on of course. 1 story up usually survivable. 2 stories up you might survive but with injuries. 3 stories up no chance unless you have a very soft landing surface.
Sorry about your luck AMIGO! /s
The bodies (alive or dead) should be left where they are or pitched back over the wall into Mexico...
Picking up bodies near the base of the old border barrier was not really much of a thing. It is now becoming a thing.
= = =
Like birds around wind turbines?
Too bad.
I think I will enjoy a nice Riesling with my desert.
The skeletons of previous unfortunate souls have historically served as a powerful reminder of the danger of continuing on toward a variety of dangerous pursuits (see: any movie involving Indiana Jones).
Leave them there.
Was it counted as Covid 19?
The Border Wall is to Illegal Invaders as Windmills are to Birds.
So they all made it over the top to the other side of the bollards before they fell. Always easier to climb up than climb down.
Well.....
Bye....