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2 Georgia Men Survive Suicide Attempt After Cutting Own Arms Off With Saw
Fox News ^ | Friday, March 09, 2007 | Fox News

Posted on 03/09/2007 3:58:36 PM PST by Popman

Two Georgia men survived a gruesome suicide attempt Friday after cutting their own arms off with a saw, reported Atlanta's Journal Constitution.

The 40 and 41-year-old men managed to remove three of their four arms, cutting them about six inches about their wrists, Atlanta Police Major Lane Hagin told the Journal.

The men left a suicide note with the manager of their apartment building saying they were killing themselves because they were recently diagnosed with HIV and their business had failed, according to police.

The men are in stable condition at a local hospital and will undergo psychiatric tests, a police spokesman said.

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TOPICS: Local News; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: afarewelltoarms; beyondstupid; disarming; gaylifestyle; givethemahand; holdmuhlatte; lastarmthehardest; righttokeeparms; upinarmless; whatdoyoucallaman; withnoarms
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To: RunningWolf

Very easily.


81 posted on 03/09/2007 11:08:27 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("By the way... who is Ben Dayho?" --60Gunner)
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To: Popman
Guess I guilty of acting impulsively a time or two.

Glad I knew my limits though ;-)
82 posted on 03/09/2007 11:10:34 PM PST by RunningWolf (2-1 Cav 1975)
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To: pollyannaish
Oh man. This is really sad. On so many levels.

Yes I agree
83 posted on 03/09/2007 11:13:04 PM PST by RunningWolf (2-1 Cav 1975)
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To: Slings and Arrows

snort


84 posted on 03/09/2007 11:17:33 PM PST by RunningWolf (2-1 Cav 1975)
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To: Popman
... manager of their apartment building ...

What apartment complex was that? The Venus de Milo Arms?

85 posted on 03/09/2007 11:24:13 PM PST by OwenKellogg
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To: Popman
Now that I read small part of the article, this was their attempt to turn away from their suicide.

At least now, they still have the chance to give it all to God, and ask him that they can walk with him as they meet deaths door.
86 posted on 03/09/2007 11:27:03 PM PST by RunningWolf (2-1 Cav 1975)
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To: Popman; Siobhan
All suicide is demonic inspired

Yes
87 posted on 03/09/2007 11:28:23 PM PST by RunningWolf (2-1 Cav 1975)
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To: Popman

Oh man. You know I moved to Georgia almost one year ago. We live near Atlanta (with two small kids) and have been thinking more and more about moving back home (Louisiana). The news gets scarrier and scarrier here. This has to be the weirdest though. I am just speechless.


88 posted on 03/09/2007 11:33:03 PM PST by spotbust1 (Gun control is when you use both hands.)
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To: martin_fierro

You are a very sick man. Not that there is anything wrong with that.


89 posted on 03/10/2007 12:33:50 AM PST by OSHA (Sarcasm detector overload!)
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To: Slings and Arrows
For once you are too late and too lame. Please do not ever consider never ever not consider pinging me to the not a ping list non ping list unless it is an emergency.

Or unless you just want to.

90 posted on 03/10/2007 12:50:13 AM PST by OSHA (Sarcasm detector overload!)
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To: hellbender

Pretty sharp there hellbender. You must be "bad to the bone" with that sharpness.


91 posted on 03/10/2007 2:31:06 AM PST by mmanager (Rudy = The GAG ONE - Guns, Abortion and Gays - Remove one and call yourself conservative.)
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To: DieHard the Hunter
2 chain saw stories in one day.

What are the odds on that?

L

92 posted on 03/10/2007 2:32:39 AM PST by Lurker (Calling islam a religion is like calling a car a submarine.)
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To: Hammerhead
"This is definitely NOT a, "Hold muh beer!" thread"

Hold-on, if they were filming this, they had only one cut. I believe maybe, there could have been "hold muh beer" at least for the first cut of the scene.
93 posted on 03/10/2007 2:38:22 AM PST by mmanager (Rudy = The GAG ONE - Guns, Abortion and Gays - Remove one and call yourself conservative.)
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To: OSHA

Please, don't encourage me.


94 posted on 03/10/2007 2:43:47 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Hammerhead

lolz


95 posted on 03/10/2007 2:45:56 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro
That's sick and funny!
96 posted on 03/10/2007 4:34:13 AM PST by MaryFromMichigan
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To: Popman
The men are in stable condition at a local hospital...

And are relaxing, watching their favorite movie:

97 posted on 03/10/2007 4:53:07 AM PST by NewLand (Always remember September 11, 2001)
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To: digger48

Best line of the thread. With respect to wit, all the others in this thread came unarmed.


98 posted on 03/10/2007 4:55:17 AM PST by SamAdams76 (I'm 11 days from outliving Steve Irwin)
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To: Popman
I think this is pathetic. I hope they do get mental help. Even with dementia it is hard to imagine them both suffering with it at once. Plus the note seems so premeditated. Maybe being institutionalized they will get stabilized.
99 posted on 03/10/2007 5:02:27 AM PST by A knight without armor
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To: OwenKellogg
"... manager of their apartment building ...

What apartment complex was that? The Venus de Milo Arms?

Good one!

LOL!!!

100 posted on 03/10/2007 5:18:07 AM PST by albee (The best thing you can do for the poor is.....not be one of them. - Eric Hoffer)
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