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Man severely injured after falling off 30-foot border wall
KYMA.com ^ | August 6, 2018 | Crystal Bedoya

Posted on 08/06/2018 10:10:22 PM PDT by BeauBo

A man was found severely injured by Border Patrol agents after he fell from the international border wall behind the Gran Plaza Outlet Mall in Calexico Sunday evening... the man fell from the 30-foot border wall while he attempted to illegally enter the United States... suffered bilateral femur fractures to both legs and a possible back injury. The man was airlifted to a medical center in Palm Springs.

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KEYWORDS: aliens; bollard; border; borderpatrol; calexico; crystalbedoya; fakenews; trump; wall
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To: BeauBo

Charge him with criminal trespass and bill Mexico for his medical treatment prior to deportation. It’s only the humane thing to do, can’t separate him from his family or anything.


21 posted on 08/06/2018 10:29:19 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Reno89519
This prototype design is also 30 foot bollards, but the addition of anti-climb plates and an over-sized barrel top, virtually eliminates the ability of humans to free climb over it. Hopefully, we get this improved design in the next year's funding. By deterring climbers, we can save people from horrible injuries like this man's, and avoid the medical expenses as well.


22 posted on 08/06/2018 10:29:20 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo
The man was airlifted to a medical center in Palm Springs.

So he made it in and now he's on our dime.

23 posted on 08/06/2018 10:32:36 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: 21twelve

Sure, that is better: “putting him out of his misery”


24 posted on 08/06/2018 10:33:53 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: conservative98

Affirmative action hire?


25 posted on 08/06/2018 10:35:20 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: BeauBo

Why Palm Springs? Calexico was right there.


26 posted on 08/06/2018 10:35:38 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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To: CatOwner

Palm Springs? Which side of the wall did he land on?


27 posted on 08/06/2018 10:40:19 PM PDT by yoe (Mid-term vote for our Constitution.....not Socialism...keep on draining the swamp!)
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To: MileHi
The additional anti-climb plate, and insurmountable barrel-shaped "Safety Top", should be required on future construction, to keep free climbers below the most dangerous heights, and safely on the Mexican side. It could be added to existing barrier as well, as a caring and compassionate act.


28 posted on 08/06/2018 10:40:31 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

The thing I don’t like about that design in that it looks like it would be easy to just throw a rope over the top and tie it off to one of the slats at the bottom, then climb up the rope.


29 posted on 08/06/2018 10:42:51 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: doorgunner69

“Why Palm Springs? Calexico was right there.”

Probably the severity of his injuries - like a serious car crash.

More than half of the people who fall from that height, die as a result.


30 posted on 08/06/2018 10:45:48 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo
30 foot, and it didn't kill him ?
Build the wall 20 foot higher !
31 posted on 08/06/2018 10:49:13 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: BeauBo

Re: video of new Calexico 30 foot steel bollard border wall (see direct link below)

“This project started back in 2009, the planning, the need for it, and we just got the funding last year, 2017”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v57—pe-qVY&t=0m25s


32 posted on 08/06/2018 10:53:13 PM PDT by deks
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To: Reno89519

“911 - your emergency?”

“Um, yes ma’am. This guy just fell like 30 feet off the border wall - I think he’s dead, he was just up there and, oh man, he started ...”

“Okay sir - just calm down - are you sure he’s dead.”

“Oh - sorry, I just, okay - let me check.”

BANG

“Okay - yeah, he’s dead. Now what?”


33 posted on 08/06/2018 10:54:25 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: BeauBo

+1


34 posted on 08/06/2018 10:56:10 PM PDT by deks
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To: 1_Inch_Group

broken glass on top of walls are all over Mexico.


35 posted on 08/06/2018 10:56:19 PM PDT by Man from Oz
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To: BeauBo

Build That Trubuchet !!


36 posted on 08/06/2018 10:57:12 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Hate is the new Love... ~ hug a snowflake)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

When 90% of your job is to get talking points out to the cult followers the bar is pretty low. Writing skills not required.


37 posted on 08/06/2018 11:00:55 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: Man from Oz

Cross the border, they are classified as man-traps.

Used to see those broken bottle walls all over SoCal.

Bet you couldn’t find one now. Liability...and paying for some tweeker that cut himself ended that.

So now they just jump your fence.


38 posted on 08/06/2018 11:01:35 PM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (Country Before Party)
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To: noiseman

“The thing I don’t like about that design in that it looks like it would be easy to just throw a rope over the top”

There is no stopping rule, if the requirement is to prevent any crossing. 100 foot wall - 101 foot ladder.

This design eliminates unaided climbing, and the kind of pole or tree climbing gear that is available.

Ropes remain something that is just infeasible to defeat 100% through height, or with a solid wall. An accomplice can secure the other side, you could use a hook, you can launch rope with a slingshot device, or launch a small weight on fishing line to use to pull the rope over).

Testing of prototypes revealed that the 30 foot height is very difficult to get a rope over by hand however. The over-sized barrel top makes it very hard (and dangerous) to get over, even if you make it to the top with a rope.


39 posted on 08/06/2018 11:01:50 PM PDT by BeauBo
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The man was airlifted to a medical center in Palm Springs.

WHY?
There was no hospital closer in Mexico? Is this for real?
Who's is charge down there?

40 posted on 08/06/2018 11:03:05 PM PDT by publius911 (Rule by Fiat-Obama's a Phone and a Pen)
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