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.
Shocked,
SHOCKED I TELL YOU!
I once had a Google News Alert set for “Florida Man”, but I had to cancel it because it was flooding my in box every morning.
Is it the gator poop in the water that causes all this stuff to happen?
FloriDUH!
quote`”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.”
Keywords, metal pole, electrical line, Palm Beach, 2,000 election recount, voter fraud, sarcasm..............;-)
With out a doubt, a hold my beer moment. lol
Darwin Award -
Florida man, Florida man
Florida man hates electrical man
They have a fight, electrical wins
Florida man
It sounds like his resistance was futile.
AC/DC has volunteered to play at his funeral.
Will metal pole makers now put warning signs on their products?
I Love this Bar!
Drinks All Round!
I posted this same story yesterday and somebody deleted it.
LOL I doubt that, 7200 volts is a real killer.
This story definitely belongs in current events.
I would like to know if he was a liberal Demorat, it would explain everything.
Aw, give him a break, the guy’s family is Cuban and they are probably new to stuff you take for granted, like electricity, running water, and free willed birds. RIP.
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