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To: MEG33; Soaring Feather
Pelican Attack Hospitalizes Ohio Woman

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) - An Ohio woman is recovering after a pelican slammed into her face while she was swimming in the Gulf of Mexico.

Debbie Shoemaker of Toledo, Ohio, was swimming Thursday near Treasure Island, a beach community west of St. Petersburg, when she felt something hit her face.

The bird's large beak ripped through her cheek, requiring 25 stitches

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933 posted on 05/19/2008 8:17:08 AM PDT by tomkow6 (...............CHANGE We Can Believe............My "VOICES"!....)
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To: tomkow6

Mercy, that bird sure ripped up her face, but then he died.

Gotta watch out for those birds while swimming.


934 posted on 05/19/2008 8:22:02 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (I soar- 'cause I can...)
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Breaking news from ABC news wire report that Hillary going win Kentucky we going have wait a while for Oregon to close it almost 5pm pst time here in CALI


1,000 posted on 05/20/2008 4:42:51 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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Breaking news from ABC news wire report that Hillary going win Kentucky we going have wait a while for Oregon to close it almost 5pm pst time here in CALI


1,001 posted on 05/20/2008 4:43:10 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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