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Florida man killed after using metal pole to get pigeon off power line
WEAU ^
| 5/25/2019
| Jordan Smith
Posted on 03/26/2019 2:19:49 AM PDT by Gamecock
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL (Gray News) - A 35-year-old Florida man lost his life Saturday while trying to retrieve a pigeon he cared for from a power line.
Deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office found Elian Garcia-Rivera around 3 p.m. They told The Palm Beach Post he used a 20-foot aluminum pool pole to try and move his bird, but accidentally touched the live power line.
The shock threw him to the ground between a large pigeon coop and a fence.
Paramedics transported him to a local hospital where he passed away.
"There are no words to say," according to a man who identified himself as Garcia-Rivera's brother Julian, but wouldn't give his full name. "We never knew something like this could happen."
Garcia-Rivera is survived by two young daughters. Julian told local media he has another brother who lives in Cuba.
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: birds; conductor; electricity; floriduh; pigeon; powerlines; racingpigeons; safety; stooopit
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posted on
03/26/2019 2:19:49 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
To: Gamecock
Florida man, we hardly knew you.
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posted on
03/26/2019 2:20:53 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: Gamecock
Wow ... is that a variation of .... the bird got him or was that a finger of fate the bird flashed
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posted on
03/26/2019 2:23:48 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Liberals, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
To: Gamecock
If he only raised one foot.....
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posted on
03/26/2019 2:24:39 AM PDT
by
Lockbox
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posted on
03/26/2019 2:31:32 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Gamecock
“We never knew something like this could happen.”
...
What a great quote.
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posted on
03/26/2019 2:43:59 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Facts are racist.)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
03/26/2019 2:44:11 AM PDT
by
jimjohn
(2nd American Civil War: ongoing since January 20, 2017.)
To: Gamecock
My neighbor raises racing pigeons. I don’t know how much, but he’s told me that they are very valuable, in the thousands of dollars ...
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posted on
03/26/2019 3:02:11 AM PDT
by
FroggyTheGremlim
( The following statement is false. The previous statement is true.)
To: eCSMaster
A racing pigeon was sold in europe last week for over a million dollars.
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posted on
03/26/2019 3:30:51 AM PDT
by
glock rocks
(... so much win!)
To: Gamecock
Palm Beach? Houston, I think I know the cause. I wonder if he was confused while voting with the butterfly ballot in 2000?
Here’s your sign!
To: Moonman62
“We never knew something like this could happen An unexpected shock, to be sure.
To: Gamecock
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posted on
03/26/2019 3:59:02 AM PDT
by
njslim
To: Gamecock
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posted on
03/26/2019 4:01:53 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Gamecock
Nope, not a Darwin Winner, just a wannabe.
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posted on
03/26/2019 4:02:25 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Gamecock
This doesn’t fit Darwin, in my book. Just very sad for the people around him.
(Darwins are more like people who keep backing up, until they get swallowed by the Grand Canyon)
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posted on
03/26/2019 4:09:26 AM PDT
by
BobL
(I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
To: Gamecock
16 posts and not one “shocking”, you people are slipping.
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posted on
03/26/2019 4:13:15 AM PDT
by
VTenigma
(The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
To: VTenigma
That’s a nasty charge you are making. Probably akin to Battery.
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posted on
03/26/2019 4:21:59 AM PDT
by
C210N
(You can vote your way into Socialism; but, you have to shoot your way out of it.)
To: patriot torch
He would have been 16 in 2000, but thanks for showing your math skills . . . a young man loses his life trying to show compassion to a bird and we’re making fun of him? Cuban-Americans do tend to vote Republican down here.
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posted on
03/26/2019 4:32:15 AM PDT
by
LRoggy
(Peter's Son's Business)
To: C210N
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posted on
03/26/2019 4:32:50 AM PDT
by
VTenigma
(The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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