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Daredevil known for high-rise stunts dead after falling from 68th floor
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| July 30, 2023
| Jack Hobbs
Posted on 07/30/2023 1:16:56 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
Did he have any dealings with the Clinton’s?
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posted on
07/30/2023 2:03:51 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
(On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
To: alternatives?; dragnet2
About 6.5 seconds to fall 680 feet and he hit the Oldsmobile at about 140 mph.
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posted on
07/30/2023 2:06:54 PM PDT
by
Henchster
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To: GreenHornet
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posted on
07/30/2023 2:09:48 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
To: lowbridge
My son fell while climbing a pretty high cliff. His partner didn’t put the anchors in tight and they kept popping out as they both fell.
He told me afterward that while free falling he thought, “I didn’t think I would die today, when I woke this morning.”
The last one held and swung him in to a gradual landing on a ledge, unharmed. His climbing partner did not fend as well and he had to pack him in a basket for removal by helicopter.
The next day he had to repeat the climb with investigators to explain what happened.
He’s one of those nuts that sleeps overnight hanging by ropes, thousands of feet in the air.
The only time I got concerned was when he was glacier climbing. Ice is not just slippery, but unpredictable. He’s a wilderness EMT, but that doesn’t help when you are dead.
To: lowbridge
People in that line of work should not buy their equipment from Acme.
At least the ground broke his fall. Too bad he couldn't just spring back.
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posted on
07/30/2023 2:18:00 PM PDT
by
Bernard
("No matter where you go, there you are." (Buckaroo Banzai))
To: lowbridge
Kamakazi from the 68th floor
Swan dive to the street
He couldn’t handle this mad house no more
He craved that sweet release….
Hat tip to Ted Nugent!
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posted on
07/30/2023 2:33:40 PM PDT
by
9422WMR
To: Bonemaker
Such falls result in a normal-looking dead body; however, every bone will have broken.
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posted on
07/30/2023 2:42:40 PM PDT
by
Does so
( 🇺🇦...................."Who is Ray Epps?" should be overstamped on every piece of currency.)
To: lowbridge
should have operated more safely
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posted on
07/30/2023 2:43:06 PM PDT
by
Samurai_Jack
(This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
To: 9422WMR
To: lowbridge
Nearly as dangerous as paddleboarding.
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posted on
07/30/2023 2:57:45 PM PDT
by
bray
(You can tell who the Commies fear.)
To: KierkegaardMAN
The fall didn’t hurt him. It was the sudden stop.
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posted on
07/30/2023 2:58:04 PM PDT
by
LouAvul
(Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
To: dfwgator
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posted on
07/30/2023 2:58:06 PM PDT
by
Dr.Deth
To: lowbridge
Adrenaline junkies die young.
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posted on
07/30/2023 3:00:01 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: lowbridge
Obviously no Phillippe Petit. I looked Petit up on wiki. Still alive at 73. His unauthorized high wire walk between the World Trade Centre Towers is probably still the greatest daredevil thing in my lifetime. His feat was one of the things that flashed by in my mind on 9/11.
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posted on
07/30/2023 3:00:28 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: lowbridge
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posted on
07/30/2023 3:05:24 PM PDT
by
Manic_Episode
(A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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posted on
07/30/2023 3:09:05 PM PDT
by
Right Brigade
(It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
To: dfwgator
”That’s where I come in...the SPLAT!”
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posted on
07/30/2023 3:09:21 PM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Firehath
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posted on
07/30/2023 3:10:34 PM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: lowbridge
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posted on
07/30/2023 3:12:49 PM PDT
by
PerConPat
(A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.- Mencken)
To: Right Brigade
She didn’t see the tandem gravel truck
Passin on the curve
Too much fun
Too little luck
She didn’t have time to swerve
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