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Man Plucked From Niagara Doom (illegal immigrant with inflatable mattress heading for the falls)
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| March 26, 2007
Posted on 03/26/2007 12:36:46 PM PDT by dead
Niagara Falls, N.Y. - An illegal immigrant was rescued from an ice floe less than a mile upstream from Niagara Falls, authorities said.
Guards from Ontario Power Generation said they heard the man screaming for help at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday near the company's water intakes near Chippawa, Ontario.
"If he hadn't been discovered, he would have gone through one of those gates and then very likely could have been swept over the falls," said Peter Larsen, a control-dam operator at the intakes.
Rescuers in boats plucked the shivering man from the ice floe...
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Authorities said the unidentified 42-year-old man had an inflatable air mattress with him and was apparently trying to get to the United States. The ice chunk he was on apparently broke loose.
The man was treated for mild hypothermia before being charged by Canadian immigration authorities.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: canada; darwinaward; dohalert; newyork; niagarafalls; ontario
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A man with a plan.
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:36:47 PM PDT
by
dead
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To: dead
NIAGARA FALLS!
Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch...
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:39:26 PM PDT
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
To: dead
"Hold my cerveza and watch this..."
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:40:54 PM PDT
by
Triggerhippie
(Always use a silencer in a crowd. Loud noises offend people.)
To: dead
D'Oh Alert. The Canadian side of the Falls is spectacular. The American side is not as breathtaking. Niagara is one of the Seven Wonders Of The World. I've seen it when I was in Ontario a few years ago.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:41:17 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: dead
Rescuers in boats plucked the shivering man from the ice floe
Thereby thwarting his potential nomination for the Darwin award '07.
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:42:15 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: dead
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have learned from a friend that you are in a position to be of assistance to me. My uncle was a General in the Nigerian Army, who was recently killed when he was washed over Niagara Falls. Now I need your assistance to get his sizable estate (US$ 21 Million) out of the country...
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:42:27 PM PDT
by
gridlock
(On January 20, 2009, Fred Dalton Thompson will be sworn in as President of the United States.)
To: dead
Good think he had an inflatable or he might sink and drown.
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:42:31 PM PDT
by
elfman2
(An army of amateurs doing the media's job.)
To: dead
illegal immigrant was rescued from an ice floe less than a mile upstream from Niagara Falls, Memo to illegal immigrants - the Rio Grande is a much easier crossing.
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:43:25 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Duncan Hunter 08)
To: camle
"NIAGARA FALLS!
Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch...
Gotta be of a certain number of years to remember, don't we? Gosh, that was funny!
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:43:51 PM PDT
by
trimom
To: dead
I can think of a lot of safer places to cross the northern border besides floating across Niagra Falls.
So many jokes on this one.
To: dead
Anyone know what his nationality was? Not mentioned in the article. It would seem strange for a Hispanic to get into Canada only to try and sneak in from the north.
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:44:49 PM PDT
by
Shots
(Loose Lips sink ships.........)
To: dead
To: garyhope
I hear that there are virgins at the base of the falls.
To: trimom
He didn't go over it. Its quite a drop down those rapids. The guy was lucky to be rescued in time.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:46:08 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: trimom
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:46:11 PM PDT
by
headstamp
(Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
To: trimom
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:46:15 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(Heaven is home...I am just TDY here!)
To: dead
If he hadn't been plucked, he'd have been....well you know.
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:46:17 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
To: dead
What, was his barrel in the shop?
To: camle; eyespysomething
Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch...
ROFLMAO.
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posted on
03/26/2007 12:47:18 PM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Ic ??t gehate, ??t ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille fur?or gan)
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