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WOUNDED MAN GETS HELP AT RIPKEN HOUSEHOLD
USA TODAY ^ | 11/28/2003 | AP

Posted on 11/28/2003 9:12:00 AM PST by bigeasy_70118

Edited on 04/13/2004 1:41:33 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A 20-year-old man, naked and bleeding from a gunshot wound to the back, showed up Thanksgiving evening at the home of retired Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken, claiming he had been kidnapped and pleading for help, police said.

The man, Brian Robins, 20, of Baltimore, was found outside Ripken's home north of Baltimore shortly after 9 p.m. ET Thursday and was taken by helicopter to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, police said.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: ironman; ripken; weird
Wierd. Wild. Stuff.
1 posted on 11/28/2003 9:12:01 AM PST by bigeasy_70118
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To: bigeasy_70118
Apparently "The Streak" continues...
2 posted on 11/28/2003 9:15:31 AM PST by TrappedInLiberalHell (Ban Aural Sects! Stop listening to Scientology books on tape!)
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To: bigeasy_70118
as a shooting and possible kidnapping with assistance from city police

The Sr. editors must be taking the long weekend off.

3 posted on 11/28/2003 9:18:44 AM PST by Glenn (What were you thinking, Al?)
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To: bigeasy_70118
Nice assist, Cal!
4 posted on 11/28/2003 9:28:36 AM PST by octobersky
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To: bigeasy_70118
Some people will do anything to get an autograph.
5 posted on 11/28/2003 9:29:29 AM PST by AZLiberty (Where Arizona turns for dry humor)
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To: bigeasy_70118
Hmmm. Naked 20 year-old male shot in the backside. Weird story about kidnapping, 9 hours of senseless driving, then get nekid and run-boy-run. Hmmm...

Methinks an irate father or husband is the real missing puzzlepiece.
6 posted on 11/28/2003 10:17:37 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: TrappedInLiberalHell
LOL LMAO
7 posted on 11/28/2003 10:19:38 AM PST by playball0 (Fortune favors the bold)
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To: TrappedInLiberalHell
That's 2 more years in liberal hell for that pun (wish I'da thought of it first)!
8 posted on 11/28/2003 10:19:51 AM PST by irgbar-man (solely responsible for this reply's content. Not endorsed by any candidate or group.)
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