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Man 'walks off cliff and plummets 60 feet to his death on Christmas Day while distracted by his cell
UK Daily Mail ^ | 26 December 201526DEC2015 | ZOE SZATHMARY

Posted on 12/27/2015 10:00:00 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine

Emergency responders were at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, California, on Friday after a man fell over, local media reported.

Bill Bender with San Diego Lifeguards at Sunset Cliffs told NBC San Diego: 'Witnesses stated seeing someone distracted by an electronic device and he just fell over the edge.

'(He) wasn't watching where he was walking, he was looking down at the device in his hands.' He was declared dead at the scene, the television station reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Jack Hydrazine

Sad and utterly preventable. RIP.


21 posted on 12/28/2015 1:11:42 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Nailbiter
I'm sure more and more young people will be injured while walking out in traffic asvthey are busily occupied gazing at their smartphones.
22 posted on 12/28/2015 1:23:27 AM PST by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: matthew fuller

Darwin would be in awe of this one.


23 posted on 12/28/2015 2:03:47 AM PST by Bullish (Face it, insanity is just not presidential.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Must ban Candy Crush.


24 posted on 12/28/2015 2:07:50 AM PST by Bullish (Face it, insanity is just not presidential.)
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To: entropy12
I read somewhere a distracted cell phone user is more dangerous than a drunk driver.

There are certainly more distracted cell phone users than drunk drivers on the roads. Ask any experienced motorcyclist.
25 posted on 12/28/2015 4:56:27 AM PST by BraveMan
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To: Hieronymus

But how many die while taking selfies with a shark that’s about to eat them?


26 posted on 12/28/2015 5:12:24 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Sounds like a logical way to cull the herd to me.


27 posted on 12/28/2015 5:16:08 AM PST by oldasrocks (They should lock all of you up and only let out us properly medicated people.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

build more cliffs for the good of America.


28 posted on 12/28/2015 5:47:40 AM PST by bikerman (2015 new motto--- slugs for thugs.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Comprehensive Cliff Reform bill includes new mandatory cliff detection technology on all electronic devices. Increasing the cost to consumers of all hand held devices.

The ObamaPhone people will not be affected by this massive increase in expense because THEY GET ALL THEIR SHI& FOR FREE!

29 posted on 12/28/2015 6:18:54 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: Moonman62

Don’t get your hopes up too high.

He’s too light in the loafers to fall. His little fairy wings will pop out and he’ll flitter off to safety.


30 posted on 12/28/2015 6:45:37 AM PST by IMR 4350
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To: Awgie

They are distractions and one definitely needs to check what one is doing when using them. A while ago I got a GPS unit for the car. It distracted me so much I returned it. Safety first.


31 posted on 12/28/2015 7:01:13 AM PST by xp38
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To: JEDI4S

They will fnd that building new cliffs is unfeasible so instead Obama will sign an executive order repealing the law of gravity.


32 posted on 12/28/2015 7:12:34 AM PST by cyclotic (Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
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To: cyclotic

Ted Cruz will build new cliffs and have Trump pay for it.

:-)


33 posted on 12/28/2015 8:29:11 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Of course the only thing to do now is to sue Apple.


34 posted on 12/28/2015 8:31:50 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Jack Hydrazine; Bullish

Joshua Burwell posted this photo on his Facebook page in December 2015. He died after falling off a cliff in San Diego on Christmas.
35 posted on 12/28/2015 8:47:24 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Ray76
Well, it may seem hard-hearted but... good riddance.


36 posted on 12/29/2015 2:50:18 AM PST by Peet (I'd say to hell with the media, but hell doesn't want them either.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ..

Is a cell phone really that important???

DANG!


37 posted on 12/30/2015 8:19:52 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Terrorism, the thing that shall not be named by the MSM)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Just a matter of time before somebody gets eaten by a shark while taking a selfie.

It will be a new SyFy movie: SharkSelfieNado

38 posted on 12/30/2015 8:21:00 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Terrorism, the thing that shall not be named by the MSM)
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To: easternsky
Eventually, some hunter will shoot himself while taking a selfie.

It will be a new SyFy movie: HunterShootsSelfTakingSelfieNado

39 posted on 12/30/2015 8:22:56 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Terrorism, the thing that shall not be named by the MSM)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It could have been,.....”trump”....?


40 posted on 12/30/2015 8:47:46 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
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