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Abortion-message pilot slices off fingers, crashes
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | 6-01-03 | unknown

Posted on 06/01/2003 6:47:56 PM PDT by Texas Eagle

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH

Abortion-message pilot slices off fingers, crashes.
Man dumps leaflets over high school
before getting hand stuck in propeller

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: June 1, 2003 4:05 p.m. Eastern

© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

The pilot of a paraglider dropping leaflets with a message about abortion severed two fingers in his aircraft's propeller blades before crashing onto a high-school campus.

Michael Grumbine treated by paramedics for severed fingers (Whittier Daily News)

According to California's Whittier Daily News, Michael Grumbine was flying a Paralite Sky Cruiser over La Serna High School during sixth period Thursday, releasing bright yellow, pennant-shaped leaflets referring to anti-abortion protesters who had graphic displays in front of the school.

Part of the message on the leaflets read, "You are in the Matrix. Truth is evil. Abortion is good. There are people in front of school with signs and pictures right now that you must not look at. They will show you things you must not see. You must not talk to them."

Whittier police Sgt. Dan Lowe told the paper one of the leaflets got caught in the netting that separated Grumbine from the propeller, and when Grumbine tried to grab it with his right hand, his index and middle fingers were sliced off.

The pilot and his craft then tumbled out of the sky, striking a tree and fence near the freshman baseball fields on campus. No one at the school was injured, but Grumbine was transported to UCI Medical Center. Police said only one finger was recovered.

Principal Leo Camalich said witnesses recognized Grumbine as the parent of former La Serna students.

"By dropping those leaflets that said students shouldn't go out to see the protest, he was basically telling the kids to go check it out in a reverse-psychology way," Camalich told the Daily News. "That's my intuition, at least."

Police tended to agree with that assessment, as the pilot was reportedly known as a Christian activist who wasn't likely to endorse abortion.

The Federal Aviation Administration was called in to investigate the incident.

"I have to believe that there must have been some sort of law broken," Camalich told the paper. "A flying object should not be allowed to fly at such a low altitude over a school while it's in session. There has to be a law against that."


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KEYWORDS: abortion; fingers; pilot; propeller
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1 posted on 06/01/2003 6:47:56 PM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: Texas Eagle
This has been posted before. I guess you didn't read this line:

Police tended to agree with that assessment, as the pilot was reportedly known as a Christian activist who wasn't likely to endorse abortion.

2 posted on 06/01/2003 6:49:37 PM PDT by Pyro7480 (+ Vive Jesus! (Live Jesus!) +)
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To: Texas Eagle
Oops. My bad. He was a pro-lifer pretending to be a pro-abort.

This is a good example of why we don't need to engage in these types of shenanigans.

3 posted on 06/01/2003 6:50:43 PM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: Pyro7480
I did a search for the story before I posted it.

You're right, though. I did miss that line.

4 posted on 06/01/2003 6:51:59 PM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: Texas Eagle
"we don't need to engage in these types of shenanigans."

LOL, or if you do you'd better wear your mittens.
5 posted on 06/01/2003 6:52:47 PM PDT by John Beresford Tipton
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To: Texas Eagle
I missed it too as well as your posting it, and am about to get double flamed.
6 posted on 06/01/2003 6:53:34 PM PDT by DaughterofEve (W)
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To: John Beresford Tipton
LOL!

Or better yet, just use your brain.

7 posted on 06/01/2003 6:54:01 PM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: DaughterofEve
Ah, well. I'm sure the flamers never make mistakes so let them flame.
8 posted on 06/01/2003 6:57:17 PM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: Texas Eagle
Well, I guess this will maximize focus on the fetus photos.
9 posted on 06/01/2003 7:10:57 PM PDT by 7 x 77 (w)
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To: Texas Eagle
"Or better yet, just use your brain."

The following message is being brought to you in a joint collaboration between the FAA and the Drug Czar:

"This is your brain"
"This is your brain- on Drugs"- bad
"This is your brain- in propeller"- worse
10 posted on 06/01/2003 7:19:25 PM PDT by John Beresford Tipton
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To: Texas Eagle
"I have to believe that there must have been some sort of law broken," Camalich told the paper. "A flying object should not be allowed to fly at such a low altitude over a school while it's in session. There has to be a law against that."

Too bad there isn't a law against letting brain-dead liberals teach in our schools. There should be a law against that.

11 posted on 06/01/2003 7:20:47 PM PDT by AlaskaErik
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To: AlaskaErik
Too bad there isn't a law against letting brain-dead liberals teach in our schools. There should be a law against that.

Amen.

12 posted on 06/01/2003 7:26:20 PM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: admin
Thanks for bailing me out.
14 posted on 06/01/2003 7:36:42 PM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: Texas Eagle
Whittier police Sgt. Dan Lowe told the paper one of the leaflets got caught in the netting that separated Grumbine from the propeller, and when Grumbine tried to grab it with his right hand, his index and middle fingers were sliced off.

I wonder in anyone gave the fingers back to him?

15 posted on 06/01/2003 7:36:59 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: BeechF33A
Typical anti-choice idiocy.

This behavior is "typical" of the anti-choicers?

16 posted on 06/01/2003 7:37:33 PM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: Paleo Conservative
I wonder in anyone gave the fingers back to him?

They probably just added them to the next day's lunch. Pronto Pups.

17 posted on 06/01/2003 7:38:46 PM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: Texas Eagle
What a country, huh? ;-)
19 posted on 06/01/2003 7:43:32 PM PDT by Scenic Sounds
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To: BeechF33A
Ah, yes. Eric Rudolph and Stubby the Pilot.

Yep. You sure got the anti-choicers pegged.

20 posted on 06/01/2003 7:46:38 PM PDT by Texas Eagle
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