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Man Nearly Dies After Rappelling Down Huntington Parking Garage with Garden Hose and Falling
WOWK 13 NEWS ^
| Mar 12, 2018
| Joseph Fitzwater, Assignment Editor
Posted on 03/12/2018 12:09:08 PM PDT by Morgana
HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) - A man has received 'significant' injuries after falling from a parking garage in Huntington.
According to Huntington Police, at around 8:15 p.m. Sunday, a man was found laying on the ground on the 700 block of 3 1/2 alley with items laying around him.
Police say that the man, identified as Christopher Sowards, of Huntington, is believed to have a fractured skull and a broken back after a fall.
Police say they believe Sowards broke into two vehicles in the parking garage across from the civic center on 3rd Avenue, and took a garden hose to rappel down the third story of the parking garage.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: darwinawards; huntington; jackass; westvirginia
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:09:09 PM PDT
by
Morgana
To: Morgana
It’ll happen.
As an experienced man with ropes and mountaineering. I can’t say a garden hose would be my first choice or even my second if I wanted to make a descent heh.
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:10:57 PM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: Morgana
Gee, and it sounds like such a good idea, too......
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:11:28 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Morgana
Darwin honorable mention.
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:11:43 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
To: OKSooner
Hold my beer and watch this!
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:12:19 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: Bulwyf
Well, there was always the fire hose Bruce Willis used in ‘Die Hard’....
;)
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:12:35 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Morgana
Never rappel with a cheap garden hose. You want the premium stuff with the brass fittings for that.
To: Morgana
That's just the way they do it in West "By God" Virginia.
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:13:29 PM PDT
by
4yearlurker
("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
To: Morgana
I hope he at least had the foresight to turn on the faucet before heading down, so that when he fell and was writhing in pain, he wouldn’t be lying there for a long time and getting needlessly dehydrated.
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:16:45 PM PDT
by
C210N
(Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
To: SaveFerris
Even that didn’t work out all that well.
To: SaveFerris; Gamecock; FredZarguna; PROCON; KC_Lion; Army Air Corps
Who does he think he is, Mannix?
To: Larry Lucido
That’s because whoever installed it didn’t make sure the wheel could take the sudden application of weight!
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:21:39 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: OKSooner
Darwin honorable mention.
_____
... 'with two grams of marijuana on him'
....... barely enough to make a scrawny joint.
lol
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:22:05 PM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
To: Morgana
Talk about getting “hosed”. Bummer.
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:22:57 PM PDT
by
HotHunt
To: Morgana
and took a garden hose to rappel down the third story of the parking garage.
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:23:00 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
(Where have you gone, Augusto Pinochet? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.)
To: Morgana
A “Hold Muh Beer” moment.
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:23:11 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: SaveFerris
A heavy canvas material, yes, maybe that would be doable.
Nice reference hah.
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:24:04 PM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: Morgana
Police say they believe Sowards broke into two vehicles in the parking garage across from the civic center on 3rd Avenue, and took a garden hose to rappel down the third story of the parking garage.
________________
Elevators not working, Otis?
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:24:47 PM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
03/12/2018 12:26:42 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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