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Body Found in Philadelphia River Identified as 'Shark Tank' Entrepreneur
ABC30 ^ | Saturday, October 14, 2017

Posted on 10/16/2017 12:03:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Authorities have identified the body found floating in the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia on Thursday.

The medical examiner has confirmed the victim was 58-year-old Philip Reitnour.

Reitnour was the entrepreneur behind the app "Emergensee" and was featured on an episode of ABC's Shark Tank.

Body found in Schuylkill River: Rick Williams reports during Action News at Noon on October 12, 2017.

Court records reveal he was three million dollars in debt and being sued.

Police are investigating his death.

The medical examiner has not ruled on the cause.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: emergensee; philipreitnour; sharktank
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To: nickcarraway

Chief Wiggum: Uh sorry, sorry, no dumping in the lake!
Fat Tony: Fine, I will put my *yard trimmings* in a car compactor.
Lou: Uh, Chief, I think there was a dead body in there.
Chief Wiggum: I thought that too, until he said ‘yard trimmings’. You gotta learn to listen, Lou.


21 posted on 10/16/2017 1:06:49 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: nickcarraway
Schuylkill

Could someone from Philly please tell me the correct pronunciation of that name?

Schu as in "shoe"?
Schu as in "skoo"?
Schuy as in "shy"
Schuy as in "sky"?
Schuyl as in "school"?
Schuyl as in "skull"?
Schuyl as in "shoe'll"
Or something else?

22 posted on 10/16/2017 1:08:49 PM PDT by Jess Kitting
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To: Jess Kitting

A friend from there pronounces it ‘Skookle’.


23 posted on 10/16/2017 1:12:24 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto
"A friend from there pronounces it ‘Skookle’."

My Russian/Italian ex-wife from Fildulfia always pronounced it "Skoo-kill" ...

... while I always just pronounced it "Smelly" ...

24 posted on 10/16/2017 1:14:50 PM PDT by BlueLancer (ANTIFA - The new and improved SturmAbteilung)
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To: jjotto

Thanks. Always wondered how that strange spelling was supposed to sound.


25 posted on 10/16/2017 1:21:15 PM PDT by Jess Kitting
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To: nickcarraway

“Sonny, you have to remember, it’s BUSINESS, not personal!!


26 posted on 10/16/2017 1:25:31 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Jess Kitting

Skool kill


27 posted on 10/16/2017 1:28:57 PM PDT by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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To: Jess Kitting

I used to pronounce it SKY-kill, much to a local’s amusement. Hard to figure ‘mo bhuachaill’ in Ireland too.


28 posted on 10/16/2017 1:29:26 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Jess Kitting

When I lived in Philly, we called it the “Sure Kill River.”


29 posted on 10/16/2017 1:40:30 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: nickcarraway

$3 million bucks?

This dude lost everything: John McMonigle

He’s fighting his way back...


30 posted on 10/16/2017 1:45:16 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Jess Kitting

something like “school-kill” always worked for me when I lived there.


31 posted on 10/16/2017 1:56:51 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: babble-on

kill means river or stream in Dutch.

Catskill, Peakskill, Wallkill, Kill Van Kull etc.


32 posted on 10/16/2017 1:59:43 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: nickcarraway
Does he have any dealings with Bill or Hillary? If so, he might committed Arkancide.

Now, to be serious, Prayers to his family...

33 posted on 10/16/2017 2:00:12 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is :-))
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I used to live in Philly. One day a co-worker came in late. She used to row with a team in the morning and that morning they had found a body in the river.

Ah, Philly...


34 posted on 10/16/2017 2:15:02 PM PDT by radiohead
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To: Jess Kitting

Usually “Skoo-kill” - but the heavily-traveled road that follows its bank through midtown Philadelphia is sometimes called the “Sure-Kill Expressway”.....


35 posted on 10/16/2017 2:17:26 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: nickcarraway
The medical examiner has not ruled on the cause...news reports said he had a bullet wound in the forehead - that might be a place to start.....
36 posted on 10/16/2017 2:18:42 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Jess Kitting

Schuylkill = SKOO-kle.


37 posted on 10/16/2017 5:38:49 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: nickcarraway

No reason to kill yourself. Just file for bankruptcy and tell the Shark Tank investors to stuff themselves.

I guess he did and they dumped him in the river.


38 posted on 10/17/2017 9:15:52 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound

How It Works | Personal Safety App | EmergenSee
https://emergensee.com/how-it-works/
Anytime you feel threatened or unsafe, EmergenSee Personal Safety App is there to connect you with Pre-Set Safety Contacts

I guess the app did not work for him.


39 posted on 10/17/2017 9:17:50 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
He didn't get a deal from the Sharks.

$3,000,000 in debt he got a deal from a different kinda shark from the sounds of it ....

40 posted on 10/17/2017 9:25:15 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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