Darwin Award candidate!
Not quite.
He survived.
It was more of a long slide than a fall. Missing a lot of skin, but still walking.
“...after seeing him attempt to retrieve his cellphone.”
Their was the recent FR thread about the guy rescuing the girls that had crashed into the water. One gal commented how she almost drowned and was “one breath” away from dying. But in another sentence she was talking about keeping her cell phone held above the water!
There are videos on youtube of guys sinking their trucks as they back a boat out at the boat ramp, and they get out via the window and almost drown as they try to swim while holding their phone over their head! (Never mind the $50k truck in the saltwater).
Since it was a minor event and he's still alive, the application for the Darwin Award has been revoked.
A more apt description would be “jackass”.
Come on man, he saved $2500.00 and had a birdbrain’s eye view.
He is an honorable mention. True Darwin awards are awarded to fools who kill themselves in the process and remove themselves from the gene pool.
I love happy endings.
So how are the Darwin Awards actually determined?
Nominees significantly improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race in an obviously stupid way. They are self-selected examples of the dangers inherent in a lack of common sense, and all human races, cultures, and socioeconomic groups are eligible to compete. Actual winners must meet the following criteria:
Reproduction
Out of the gene pool: dead or sterile.
Excellence
Sublimely idiotic misapplication of judgment.
Self-Selection
Cause one’s own demise.
Maturity
Capable of sound judgment.
Veracity
The event must be true.